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Continental Philosophy I

Key information

  • Module code:

    7AAN6020

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module introduces three of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century: G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Beginning with a brief overview of Kant’s philosophy, the course examines how Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche attempt, in various ways, to refine, transform, or destroy the legacy of the Enlightenment. The focus, in particular, will be on the understandings of history, rationality, and the development of norms conveyed in texts such as Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, Marx’s The German Ideology, and Nietzsche’s  On the Genealogy of Morality. All texts will be studied in translation.

Assessment details

Summative assessment: 1 x 3,500-word essay

Formative assessment: 1 x 2,500-3,000 word essay

Teaching pattern

One weekly one-hour lecture and one weekly one-hour seminar.

Subject areas

Department

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