Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2020
RELI 421 001 (CRN: 23701)
FOUCAULT & THE SELF
Long Title: FOUCAULT & THE HERMENEUTICS OF SELF
Department: Religion
Instructor: Clements, Niki
Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:50PM W HUM 226 (13-JAN-2020 - 24-APR-2020)
Session: 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):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 10
Section Enrolled: 7
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 19
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 23-SEP-2023 1:49PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
5-MAY-2020
7:00PM - 10:00PM T TBA TBA
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. Cross-list: RELI 569. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for RELI 421 if student has credit for RELI 569.