|
This course examines different conceptions of
culture, the debates about cultural studies as a discipline,
and the contemporary modes of cultural analysis
through in-depth readings of the writings of several major
thinkers of the twentieth century. It provides an
introduction to such approaches as Marxism, structuralism,
post-structuralism, feminism, and psychoanalysis as
well as an opportunity for critical engagement with the
thoughts of such influential cultural theorists as W.
Benjamin, T. Adorno, J. Derrida, M. Foucault, L. Irigaray,
J. Butler, and S. Zizek.
|
