Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2017-2018
RELI 421 - FOUCAULT & THE SELF
Long Title: FOUCAULT & THE HERMENEUTICS OF SELF
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Best known for analyzing domination and power, Michel Foucault shifts his attention to ethics and “technologies of the self” in 1976. In this advanced seminar, we study and critique Foucault’s turn to western antiquity through his lectures and volumes of foregrounding resistance to power through religion, politics and ethics. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 569. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for RELI 421 if student has credit for RELI 569.