CLS4100

Deleuze and Foucault

(ART)

Claire Colebrook

12 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prohibitions: CRT4100

Synopsis: A brief survey of the common cultural and theoretical background of French philosophy in the twentieth century (through vitalism, structuralism, phenomenology, existentialism, psychoanalysis and Marxism) to contextualise the writings of Foucault and Deleuze. Foucault0s last writings, his writings on prisons and disciplinary power, and his writings on the history of sexuality. Deleuze0s /rhizomatic writings0, concentrating on Nietzsche, Sacher von Masoch and A thousand plateaus.

Assessment: Essays (9000 words): 100%