CLS4100

Deleuze and Foucault ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Alison Ross

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)

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. We will examine Foucault's writings on prisons and disciplinary power, the history of sexuality and epistemology and Deleuze's work on Nietzsche, Sacher von Masoch, as well as his collaborative writing with Felix Guattari.

Assessment: Essays (9000 words): 100%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions: CRT4100