Honors 394 A: Philosophy of Gender in Western Civilization
"An exploration and critique of the dominant themes and paradigms which have shaped Western European thought, with special focus on concepts of "woman" and "man." Theories of knowledge and reality will also be covered. Feminist perspectives will be studied along with more traditional viewpoints."
This was the first Honors class I've taken at UW. It's been an interesting class, but has mostly made me realize that I do not thrive in the studies of Philosophy. Or gender. I love the thought of learning about Plato and Sartre, but in reality I have to beat myself over the head to do the readings. Which I don't really even end up doing. So I take that as a sign that I'm not as interested in Philosophy as I wish I were.
This was the first Honors class I've taken at UW. It's been an interesting class, but has mostly made me realize that I do not thrive in the studies of Philosophy. Or gender. I love the thought of learning about Plato and Sartre, but in reality I have to beat myself over the head to do the readings. Which I don't really even end up doing. So I take that as a sign that I'm not as interested in Philosophy as I wish I were.
TOPICS
Theories: Feminism Christianity Medieval Enlightenment Materialism Communism/Socialism Existentialism Postmodernism Authors/philosophers we've studied: Plato Aristotle Old Testament New Testament Augustine Aquinas Hildegard Descartes Locke Grimke Rousseau Wollstonecraft Marx Engels Sartre DeBeauvoir Freud Postmodernists Collins Eisler The concepts we studied under each of the readings: Metaphysics: concept of reality Epistemology: concept of knowledge God Human Nature ("man," man) Woman |
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