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Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy

Key information

  • Module code:

    7AAN2053

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    20

Module description

This module introduces two of the most influential and subtle of modern philosophers: G.W.F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche. Beginning with a brief overview of Kant’s philosophy, the course examines how Hegel and Nietzsche attempt, in very different ways, to refine, transform, or destroy the legacy of the Enlightenment. The focus, in particular, will be on the conception of the self, of normativity, and of the philosophical method, that emerges from texts such as Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality. All texts will be studied in translation.

Assessment details

Formative assessment: one 2,500-3,000-word essay.
Summative assessment: one 4,000-word essay (100%).

Teaching pattern

One weekly one-hour lecture and one weekly one-hour seminar.

Department

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