CHID 206 A: Violence and Contemporary Thought

Summer 2025 Full-term
Meeting:
to be arranged / * *
SLN:
10663
Section Type:
Seminar
Joint Sections:
JEW ST 206 A , HSTCMP 206 A
Instructor:
MODERN PHILOSOPHY AND THE AESTHETIC OF SPECULATIVE VIOLENCE (SSC, DIV) __ WE WILL CONSIDER HOW PHILOSOPHY, FILM, AND MEDIA SHAPE OUR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLITICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE. THE CLASS WIL BE ASYNCHRONOUS WITH OPTIONAL BIWEEKLY ZOOM MEETINGS.
Catalog Description:
Modern and contemporary ideas about violence and their emergence as intellectual responses to historical events. Topics may include histories of physical violence, such as slavery, colonialism, or the Holocaust, as well as structural forms of violence. Offered: jointly with HSTCMP 206/JEW ST 206; AS.
GE Requirements Met:
Diversity (DIV)
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 6, 2025 - 2:39 pm