D Roberts
8 points - 3 hours per week - Second semester - Clayton - Corequisites: A third-year language subject
Objectives To introduce students to Marx's
interpretation of history, Nietzsche's interpretation of morality and Freud's
theory of civilisation; to facilitate students' critical understanding and
questioning through a detailed examination of the set texts with special
attention to the techniques of close reading; to provide students with an
understanding of concepts and conceptual systems together with the historical
knowledge necessary to grasp the premises, structure and implications of these
theories; students will be required to demonstrate expository and analytic
skills in a class presentation and a commentary and the capacity to develop and
articulate in an essay their own position in relation to the texts studied.
Synopsis Selected writings of Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Friedrich
Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 70% - Examinations (1 hour): 30%
Prescribed texts
Freud S Abriß der Psychoanalyse/Das Unbehagen in der
Kultur Fischer
Heine H Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland
(Departmental extract)
Marx K and Engels F Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei Reclam
Nietzsche F Zur Genealogie der Moral Goldmann