Philosophy 204: Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (A Discourse on Culture and Critical Theory)

Course Description: The role of culture in the social sciences continues to be the subject of a robust debate across academic disciplines. However, philosophy provides a unique view of the discourse on culture, especially its political nature. Thus, in this class we engage with contemporary philosophers who discuss it from a philosophical perspective though they may muddy the divide between the other social sciences. We approach this politics of culture from three perspectives: Critical Theory, Rawlsian Liberalism, and more tangential approaches.      

Our main reading is comprised of dialogues with contemporary philosophers who give insightful and dense remarks on these topics and more. Hence, this is not really a class on Critical Theory as much as it is a class on contemporary philosophy.