PHIL 436: Contemporary French Philosophy
PHIL 436: Contemporary French Philosophy
The Generic Catalog Description
Selected texts of Derrida, Levinas, Foucault, Lyotard, Lacan, Deleuze, and others are discussed.
PHIL 436: Contemporary French Philosophy
Adriaan Peperzak
This is a seminar for advanced graduate students. We will focus on Emmanuel Levinas's Totality and Infinity (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1969), some fragments of Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1974), and parts of Basic Philosophical Writings (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996).
For the interpretation, the participants also need A. Peperzak, To the Other. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1993) and Beyond. The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1997).
Conditions for participation:
- Sufficient acquaintance with the history of philosophy, especially Plato and Kant;
- Sufficient acquaintance with the phenomenological approach, e.g., through study of Husserl, Heidegger, or Merleau-Ponty;
- Answering a questionnaire (available at the reception area of the department) and handing this in to the instructor.
Further details will follow in January 2008.