PHIL 341

20th-Century European Philosophy


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for PHIL 341.

Description

Examines intellectual movements in twentieth-century European philosophy, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism and poststructuralism.

Discusses key figures in these movements such as Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Jürgen Habermas.

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Availability 2019

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Matheson Russell

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

PHIL 341: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Philosophy or EUROPEAN 100 and 15 points at Stage II in Philosophy

Restrictions

PHIL 221