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POLT 330 - Seminar: Responding to Disaster: Politics, Philosophy, Literature


Next Offered: 2015-2016
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4SS

Political disasters turn our worlds upside down. These events disrupt ordinary life and cause immense suffering. How can the tools of politics, philosophy and literature help us respond to disasters? We will seek to answer this question primarily by examining political, literary and philosophical responses to three disasters: The ‘rape of Nanking,’ 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina. Authors include Martha Nussbaum, Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida, Michael Eric Dyson, Iris Chang, and Tom Piazza.
Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: J. Schiff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites & Notes: one course in political theory


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