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Class number:
3542
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Title: Women and Philosophy |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, MC - 313 |
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Instructor(s): Ewegen, Shane |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
The thoughts of women have of course been present since the beginning of the Western philosophical tradition; however, for various reasons, their contributions to the discipline have often been discounted, marginalized, or simply ignored. This course will focus on texts from the Western philosophical tradition that showcase the work of women, or address the theme of femininity. Authors and ideas will include Sappho (on love), Hannah Arendt (on evil), Simone de Beauvoir (on ethics, femininity, and human action), Simone Weil (on God and war), Rebecca Solnit (on time, memory, and death), Judith Butler (on political agency), and more. What will be seen is that the intellectual contributions of women have been instrumental to the development of Western philosophy. |