The purpose of the course is to give students the ability to meet and understand mondern Chinese citizens as they participate in business, education, and cultural events. The course will provide a brief overview of the Chinese government and its ideology and then proceed to examine the factors which contribute to and explain contemporary life for many Chinese citizens. Films and guest speakers. It invites students into an appreciative and critical dialogue with a broad spectrum of feminist theologians. In addition to background reading in the classical theology of such thinkers as Irenaeus, Augustine, Aquinas, and Barth, students will read from the diverse feminist theologies of Rosemary Radford Ruether, Letty Russell, Sallie McFague, Elaine Storkey, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen among others.
Evaluation is based on classroom participation and a course paper.
This led to a poetic way of writing that has been known primarily for its obscurity and inaccessibility. At the same time, it is especially these later works of Heidegger that have played a central role in the birth of several contemporary and influential streams of French philosophy, such as deconstruction. The first part of this course will focus on Being and Time , especially Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and modern episemology. Stefan Baumann, a yough Swiss philosopher, leads the course with a great deal of first-hand experience in contemporary continental philosophy. Designed for advanced students in philosophy, literature, the languages and related disciplines.