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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2005
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FREN 579 001 (CRN: 22776)
MRX, BTILLE, BDRILLD, PTMDRNTY
Long Title:
Department: French Studies
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 1:00PM - 4:00PM T (12-JAN-2005 - 29-APR-2005)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 500
Section Enrolled: 8
Enrollment data as of: 19-MAY-2024 1:13PM
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