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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2019
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HUMA 340 001 (CRN: 23925)
WALTER BENJAMIN
Long Title: WALTER BENJAMIN: AESTHETICS, HISTORY AND POLITICS
Department: Humanities Division
Instructor: Steiner, Uwe
Meeting: 4:00PM - 4:50PM MWF (7-JAN-2019 - 19-APR-2019)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
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):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 0
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 1
Enrollment data as of: 22-APR-2025 2:02PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Benjamin has been celebrated as a revolutionary Marxist, a theologian of Jewish Messianism, and as an essayist and literary critic. The course offers an introduction to his writings by way of situating them in the historical background of the Weimar Republic and the crises of European society on the eve of WWII. Taught in English. Cross-list: GERM 340.