| Campus: | East Melbourne |
| Mode: | Blended |
| Delivery Notes: | Mondays, 2pm - 5pm, mixed mode. PROPOSED TEACHING SCHEDULE Week 1 Introduction to the Unit: Human Life in Ancient Greek Tragedy. Week 2 The Discovery of the Soul: The Greeks Week 3 Aquinas on the Soul and the Person in Medieval Society Week 4 Wrestling with the disembodied person: Descartes’ Cogito. Week 5 Continuity of Self (Locke and Hume) Week 6 The Individual and the Political Person Week 7 Theoretical foundations for liberalism and justice: the Individual and the Polis in English and French Political Thought: Hobbes, Rousseau and Locke Week 8 Reactions to Rationalism: Baroque Romanticism on Beauty and the Sublime. Week 9 Human Religious Self-Transcendence: Feuerbach on the Person and Marx’ Response Week 10 20th Century Political Thought: Liberalism and Conservatism Week 11 Nietzsche and Existentialism and the Problem of Human Essence Week 12 Post-Modernity: Human Creativity and the Intrinsic Worth of the Person. |
| Contact hours | 36 |
| Total time commitment | 150 |
| Start date | 22 Feb, 2021 |
| Census date: | 16 Mar, 2021 |
| End date: | 11 Jun, 2021 |
| Academic staff: | Dr Cullan Joyce |
| Textbook(s): | No textbook is required for this unit. |
Unit code: AP1002C
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 1
Unit discipline: Philosophy
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
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