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    Nov 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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IN 425 - Key Contemporary Thinkers: Michel Foucault

Credits: 4
Offers a general introduction to the work of Michel Foucault, one of the most provocative and influential thinkers of the 20th century. The course takes up the question of normalization, discipline, biopower, and the deployment of sexuality, and relates these theories to contemporary problems concerning sexual difference, race, incarceration, and mental health. The course is aimed at providing students committed to a critical view of society with refined tools for the expansion of their own activist and critical activities. The course is designed for students of many varying styles with readings that are focused without being overwhelming. 

Course Restrictions: Junior standing
Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Interdisciplinary
Foundations Requirement(s):



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