Culture and thought
It introduces students to the contemporary sociological, historical and philosophical debates, based on questions around human identity, the possibilities of language and the role of culture.
Learning outcomes:
- From Modernity to Postmodernity (Walter Benjamin).
- The state: from government of complex society to government of liquid society (Machiavelli, Montesquieau, Lenin).
- The nation (Renan, Bauer, Pujol).
- War: Philosophy of war, non-violence, total war, modern war.
- Democracy.
- Work, globalization and the welfare state.
- Women: gender, inequality, women philosophers (Arendt, Beauvoir).
- Environment: climate change and current debates.
- Sources of information: access to information, censorship, ethics and big data.
- Discursive fallacies and critical discourse analysis.