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==Course description== | ==Course description== | ||
We will chart the landscapes of | We will chart the landscapes of Geschlecht and relating them to the problems of modernity in series of constellations such as Nietzsche, Andreas-Salome on renaming the human, Simmel, Adorno/Horkeimer on the utopian feminine, Freud, Weininger, Andreas-Salome on masochism and narcissism, Kirchner, Nolde, Benn, Lasker-Schueler on primitivism/racism, Dix and Grosz on the Great War and Lustmord, Benjamin, Kracauer, Ch. Wolff on flanerie and the public space. | ||
==Books and chapters== | ==Books and chapters== | ||
Nietzsche, ''Beyond Good and Evil," "Genealogy of Morals''; Andreas-Salome, ''Nietzsche''; selected essays, "Fenitschka and Deviation;" Simmel, selected essays, Adorno/Horkeimer, ''Dialectic of Enlightenment''; Freud, selected essays, Weininger, ''Sex and Character'', Benn, Ronne stories, poetry, Lasker-Schuler, poetry, Hebrew ballads, Benjamin, Baudelaire, Arcade Project, Kracauer, "Mass Ornament," Wolff, "Hindsight;" selected drawings and paintings by Kirchner, Nolde, Dix and Grosz. | |||
==Format== | ==Format== | ||
Revision as of 21:47, 8 February 2007
Modernity and Geschlecht I will explore configurations of Modernity and Geschlecht focusing on the rich connotations of the German term Geschlecht--sex, the feminine, species, descent, blood, family, race.
Course description
We will chart the landscapes of Geschlecht and relating them to the problems of modernity in series of constellations such as Nietzsche, Andreas-Salome on renaming the human, Simmel, Adorno/Horkeimer on the utopian feminine, Freud, Weininger, Andreas-Salome on masochism and narcissism, Kirchner, Nolde, Benn, Lasker-Schueler on primitivism/racism, Dix and Grosz on the Great War and Lustmord, Benjamin, Kracauer, Ch. Wolff on flanerie and the public space.
Books and chapters
Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil," "Genealogy of Morals; Andreas-Salome, Nietzsche; selected essays, "Fenitschka and Deviation;" Simmel, selected essays, Adorno/Horkeimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment; Freud, selected essays, Weininger, Sex and Character, Benn, Ronne stories, poetry, Lasker-Schuler, poetry, Hebrew ballads, Benjamin, Baudelaire, Arcade Project, Kracauer, "Mass Ornament," Wolff, "Hindsight;" selected drawings and paintings by Kirchner, Nolde, Dix and Grosz.
Format
The course will be conducted as a seminar. Required work, participation, oral presentations and one substantial final paper.
