Call Number | 16568 |
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Day & Time Location |
W 12:10pm-2:00pm 201 80 Claremont Ave |
Points | 4 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | Instructor |
Instructor | Yannik Thiem |
Type | SEMINAR |
Method of Instruction | In-Person |
Course Description | In this seminar we will examine the thought of the early 20th-century German-Jewish thinker Walter Benjamin in light of his commitment to the task of philosophy (broadly understood) as a form of Erkenntniskritik, epistemological critique, that takes up questions of experience, history, culture, and politics in a damaged world. Paying special attention to Benjamin’s deployment and reshaping of theological tropes and figures, our considerations will be shaped around the following thematics: (1) the transformations of theorizing experience in relation to philosophies of history; (2) the critique of culture and modernity; and (3) the aesthetics of rhetoric and affect in relation to social criticism. |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | Religion |
Enrollment | 8 students (15 max) as of 5:08PM Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
Subject | Religion |
Number | GR6620 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Interfaculty |
Campus | Morningside |
Section key | 20231RELI6620G001 |