| source UC Santa Cruz (X) |
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department History of Consciousness (X) |
Prerequisite(s): advancement to candidacy. May be repeated for credit.
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A survey of the principle ideological issues of the 20th century—attitudes toward sex, race, class, work, violence, and knowledge—viewed from the perspective of structuralist and semiological theories of culture. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Analyzes ethnographic and auto-ethnographic representations of non-Western peoples. Films, video, ethnographies, novels, and journalism are considered, paying attention to specific histories of colonial and postcolonial contact which influence images of "culture" and "identity." (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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A study of the nature of religion and myth as well as their interrelationship; the beginnings and functions of myth, its major themes in various cultures, its relationship to sacrifice and ritual, and its role in selected religions and cultures throughout the world. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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What is the concept of the human? How is the concept of the human related to race and gender? How has it changed from the 18th century to the 20th century? Focuses on the founding texts of the German Enlightenment. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Traces the history of social movements in the late 19th- and 20th-century U.S., including populism, labor, socialism, Communism, the New Left, civil rights, feminism. Looks at the relationship between cultures of protest and mainstream popular and political cultures. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences.)
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Christianity claims but one Jesus at its foundation; the sources, however, reveal many Jesuses. Is there a "real" Jesus among the memories of the earliest Jesusites, or among the Jesus-types of Late Antiquity? Or only contradictory choices? (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Focuses on representations of race, class, and gender in contemporary popular culture images, particularly film and television. Attendance is required at both lectures and screenings. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Engages histories of affect, the complex realms of the senses, feelings, emotions, and the body. Asks questions about the role of emotions in the making and unmaking of the contemporary political order and marginal cultures of feeling. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences.)
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A critical evaluation of Hitler as a religious leader and his National Socialism as both a religious movement and an example of 20th-century political theology: a study of the relationship between religion and politics. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences.)
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Using tools from the analysis of social history, visual and material culture, narrative, and laboratory and field practices, introduces students to modern science, technology, and medicine studies. Examples come especially from 20th- and 21st-century life and human and information sciences. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences.)
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Emphasizes how interventionist practices and activist art might inform students' political development and actions. Explores modes of expression and political identities that are useful after college. Leads to the production of alternatives to mainstream media. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Offers an introduction to the idea of modernity from Kant to Freud, Niezsche to Fanon. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
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Introduction to the relationship between philosophy and poetics in some major 19th- and 20th-century poets and thinkers. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 30.
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Survey of seminal work on ancient origins of the state, diverse geo-political systems of war and diplomacy, and consequences of the formation of the world market on the evolution of geo-political systems up to and beyond the wars of today. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 35.
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Brings together debates in feminism, contemporary art, and radical pedagogy, investigating the impact of the feminist revolution in the arts and humanities on debates in radical pedagogy and art as social practice.
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Jewish social movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries, in Europe (Eastern and Western) and the U.S.: the confrontation between Hasidism and Haskahah, tensions between socialism and Zionism, between religiosity and secularism, the mutual influences among these tendencies. (Also offered as History 185D. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): E.)
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A focused study of cinema as a social technology for the production of public and private fantasies: how films contribute to shaping the image a culture has of itself and how film viewing may influence individual fantasies, values, and identities. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 80.
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Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field of humanities (literature, philosophy, ethics, history, and religion) concerned with its application to medical education and practice. The humanities provide insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood, and our responsibility to each other; and offer an historical perspective on medical science. Course helps prepare students for the reading comprehension and writing parts of the MCAT. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration. Students cannot receive credit for this course and Literature 80K. (Also offered as Modern Literary Studies 145E. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.)
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A program of individual study arranged between an undergraduate student and a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit.
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An introduction to history of consciousness required of all incoming students. The seminar concentrates on theory, methods, and research techniques. Major interpretive approaches drawn from cultural and political analysis are discussed in their application to specific problems in the history of consciousness. Prerequisite(s): first-year standing in the program. See the department office for more information. (Formerly course 203.)
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Writing-intensive course based on readings in course 203A. Prerequisite(s): course 203A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 9.
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Classic texts from the British cultural studies tradition. Traces later developments in North America, Latin America, Australia, and elsewhere. Asks how class analysis has been complicated by work on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and postcoloniality. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit.
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Writing intensive course based on readings in course 204A. Prerequisite(s): course 204A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 20.
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Explores philosophical, legal, and socio-historical analyses of slavery. Focus on Atlantic slavery and the production of race and gender formations, complemented by discussion on contemporary forms of slavery. Impact of historical slavery on prevailing discourses and institutions. (Also offered as Feminist Studies 225A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15.
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