LOVE SOLIDARITY VIOLENCE

PHI2LSV

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Beginning with Hegel, we will consider the master-slave dialectic and the conflictual account of relations with other people that it describes. We will then consider the Nietzschean adaptation of this position in his account of slave morality and ressentiment, before tracing the heritage of these two ideas (one ontological, the other 'moral') through their twentieth century developments in Marxism, existentialism and Phenomenology. Themes to be considered include love, hatred, war, violence, friendship and solidarity. Ultimately we will seek to establish whether or not Sartre was right to describe love as a 'ruse', and relations with other people as 'hell'.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: George Vassilacopoulos

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Available as Elective: No

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Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 30 credit points in Humanities or by approval of the subject coordinator

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: PHI2LDM

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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

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Learning resources

Understanding Hegelianism

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Sinnerbrink, R.

Year: 2007

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Publisher: ACUMEN

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify the underlying issues in a complex problem or controversial debate, analyse their structure and employ appropriate reasoning strategies designed to resolve the problem.
02. Identify, formulate, analyse and judge the success of standard form and text-based arguments, using appropriate methods of analysis and critical reasoning.
03. Locate, review, analyse and synthesise unfamiliar ideas and lines of argument with an open mind and willingness to question and revise assumptions and change one's own views when appropriate.
04. Write a carefully constructed essay in support of a philosophical claim.
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