PL 388 - Contemporary Continental Philosophy

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A survey of some of the most influential figures in contemporary continental philosophy in an attempt to identify the key ideas that inform and unify their thought. Authors who may be read include Husserl, Sartre, Heidegger, Gadamer, Merleau-Ponty, Saussure, Derrida, Lacan, Foucault, and Levinas.