Theory in Postmodernity

授課教師：朱元鴻 (Yuan-horng Chu) 

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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.