FREN 579 - MRX, BTILLE, BDRILLD, PTMDRNTY
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Department: French Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: MARX, BATAILLE, BAUDRILLARD, POSTMODERNITY
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Taught in English. Exploration of the shift from a Marxist political economy of class struggle, through Bataille's "general economy" (economic activity as a "cosmic phenomenon") to Baudrillard's "indertermination of the code" and "simulation" in postmodernity. Texts by Marx, Mauss, Bataille, Athusser, Ernest Mandel, and Baudrillard.
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Instructor(s): Wood