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PHL 332 - The Modern Quest for Identity: Descartes to MLK


This course explores historical notions of the self and human identity. Starting with Descartes (I think, therefore I am), the course examines the historical development of self-identity in Kant, Nietzsche, and the existentialists up through contemporary feminist and Black conceptions of identity in such thinkers as de Beauvoir, Nussbaum, Arendt, Dubois, Fanon, and Martin Luther King. Course Codes: BR. Prereq: PHL.Q 101.

Prerequisites & Notes
Course Codes: BR. Prereq: PHL.Q 101. Term cycle: fall. Yearly cycle: variable offering.

Credits: 3



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