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David M. Rasmussen,
Boston College
Through a reading of Marx and Nietzsche's basic writings, we will examine two of the most innovative programs for philosophy in the nineteenth century. Both considered themselves beyond the tradition from which they came and yet both were shaped by that very tradition. We will be particularly interested in examining their respective notions of critique as well as the way they addressed the relationship between philosophy and life.
Pl 507 MARX AND NIETZSCHE
Radical Alternatives in Modern Philosophy
| Part I. The Political Paradigm |
| Jan. 20 |
The Political Paradigm: Aristotle, Augustine, Hobbes and Hegel |
| Jan. 22, 27, 29 |
Marx's Reconstruction of the Political Paradigm
Read: Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right & The Jewish Question
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| Feb. 3,5 |
Politics and Production
Read: The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 |
| Part II. The Aesthetic Paradigm |
| Feb. 10 |
Aristotle, Kant and the Construction of the Aesthetic Paradigm |
| Feb. l2, 17, 19 |
Nietzsche's Reconstruction of the Aesthetic Paradigm
Read: The Birth of Tragedy |
| Feb. 24, 26 |
Nietzsche on Aesthetics and Style
Read Nietzsche: On Strauss and Schopenhauer |
| Part III. History, Religion, Morality |
| Mar. 9, 11, 16 |
Marx and Nietzsche on History
Read: History in the Service and Disservice of Life and The German Ideology
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| March 18 |
Oral Midterm |
Mar. 23, 25,
Apr. 6, 13 |
Marx and Nietzsche on Religion and Secularization
Read: Zarathustra, Theses on Feuerbach and The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof
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| Apr. 15, 20, 22, 27 |
Marx and Nietzsche on Morality
Read: The Genealogy of Morals, Critique of the Gotha Program |
| April 22 |
Take-Home Final Exam Given Out. Due May, 6 th |
| Apr. 29, May 4, 6 |
Marx and Nietzsche on Aesthetics and Politics |
Requirements:
Oral mid-term and take-home final exam.
Graduate students must do a research paper.
Undergraduates have the option to do research paper.
Texts:
Marx: The Marx-Engles Reader (Tucker, ed.)
Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy, The Genealogy of Morals, Thus Spake Zarathustra. and Unmodern Observations
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spring 2006