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RELI 535 001 (CRN: 14831)
AFFECT, FEELING, EMOTION
Long Title: AFFECT, FEELING, EMOTION
Department: Religion
Instructor: Clements, Niki
Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:50PM W (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 1
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 8:36PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Emotions, feelings, and affects are central to our experience of being human. And yet, philosophers, theorists, and scientists have only gradually come to appreciate their role in understanding human nature in cultural, material, religious, economic, and political contexts.
In this advanced seminar for graduate students, we analyze discourses around the “affects,” “feelings,” and “emotions” in philosophical, theoretical, and scientific perspectives – critiquing how these terms are often conflated and working towards a more rigorous typology of their operations.