Fall 1990
Theory in Postmodernity
授課教師:朱元鴻 (Yuan-horng Chu)
課程進度:
9/20 Introduction
9/27 Theory of Modernity: Marx
K. Marx, The Grundrisse.
10/4 Theory of Modernity: Durkheim
E. Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society.
10/11 Theory of Modernity: Weber
S. Whimster & S. Lash, Max Weber, Rationality and Modernity,
pp.1-31, 137-153, 207-241, 259-290, 355-377.
J. Habermas, "A Backward Glance: Weber's Theory of Modernity." in The
Theory of Communicative Action, vol.2, pp.302-331.
10/18 Early Critical Theorists on Modernity
H. Marcuse, One Dimensional Man, pp.1-55.
M. Horkheimer & T.W. Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment,
pp.120-167.
11/1 Habermas on Modernity
R. Bernstein (ed.) Habermas and Modernity.
11/8 Foucault vs. Habermas on Modern Power
M. Foucault, "Truth and Power," in Power/Knowledge, pp.109-133.
M. Foucault, The History of Sexuality, pp.1-49.
Nancy Fraser, " Foucault on Modern Power: Empirical Insights and Normative
Confusions." Praxis International, 1 (1981) : 272-287.
J. Habermas, "Some Questions Concerning the Theory of Power: Foucault
Again," in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. Pp.266-293.
11/15 Lyotard
J-F. Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition.
11/22 Infinity vs. Totality
E. Levinas, Totality and Infinity, pp.21-52.
G. Deleuze & F. Guattari, On the Line.
11/29 Baudrillard
For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign, pp.1-101,
131-212.
12/6 Baudrillard
Forget Foucault.
Simulations.
12/13 Baudrillard
In the Shadow of the Silent Majority.
The Ecstasy of Communication.
12/20 Postmodernism and Marxism
F. Jameson, "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism,"
New
Left Review 146 (1984) : 53-92.
D. Kellner (ed.) Postmodernism/ Jameson/ Critique, pp.1-42,
333-388.
12/27 Postmodernism and Feminism
L.J. Nicholson (ed.) Feminism/Postmodernism.
1/3 The Social-Economic Basis of Postmodernism
D. Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernism.
1/10 A Critique of Postmodernism: Students' Forum.
1/17 Synthesis and Free Discussion.