Restr 155 Barr,Nicolaas P. Closed 5/ 5 J
"VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT: ANTISEMITISM,RACISM, AND HISTORICAL MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ" *** INTELLECTUALS IN THE BLOODY TWENTIETH CENTURY CONFRONTED A DISTRESSING QUESTION: WERE THE PHENOMENA OF MASS VIOLENCE THEY WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED RADICAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE ARC OF MODERN HUMANIST PROGRESS, OR DID WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONTAIN THESE DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES WITHIN ITSELF? THIS COURSE EXPLORES INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS TO DIAGNOSE AND RESPOND TO WHAT THE POLITICAL THEORIST HANNAH ARENDT CALLED DARK TIMES. **** THIS CLASS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION BY AUDITORS OR ACCESS STUDENTS.
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