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CUL200: Theories of Subjectivity |
The aim of this unit is to investigate the recent upsurge in interest in the meaning of the word 'I'. Simple definitions of the individual as autonomous, unique and whole have been fiercely contested recently. More and more, the self has come to be seen as inseparable from culture and textuality. Do we use texts to represent ourselves and our experience, or do they make our experience for us? Where do our emotions come from and are they really ours? How is our interior life effected by the politics of gender, ethnicity and sexuality? Are art and technology constantly re-inventing us? Our aim is to survey the key modern and postmodern theories of interior life - what constitutes it, how it fits into the world, and how it changes. Theorists studied include Nietzche, Freud, Foucault, Lacan, Kristeva, Irigaray and Butler.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Associate Professor Mansfield |
| Prerequisites: |
15cp incl CUL100(P)
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Critical and Cultural Studies |
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