Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
PLST 317 - IDEOLOGY AND ITS CRITIQUE
Long Title: IDEOLOGY AND ITS CRITIQUE
Department: Politics Law Social Thought
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: The course is centered on three core questions: What constitutes an ideology or ideological form of understanding – beyond a set of idea(l)s or principles that form a “false consciousness”? How do (embodied) ideologies work in practice to perpetuate injustices? How can we effectively criticize ideologies without being ideological ourselves?