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Philosophy and the Ethics of Madness
Spring Semester 2002.
Sundays 18.00-20.00
Course
Outline
This course examines a number of
different philosophical and literary forms of discourse on madness, ranging
from the Freudian psychoanalytic approach to postmodern deconstructive styles
of interrogation via existential psychoanalysis. It is both an historical
examination and a critique of the Western tradition of psychopathologization.
The primary themes are:
consciousness and the unconscious, madness as the Other, the problem of
discourse, political and ideological marginalization, the death drive in the cycle
of life, and madness in relation to art.
Course
Requirements
1. Two written assignments (in English).
Each essay should be approximately five pages in length. It is possible to
present a seminar paper, which will count as one of these assignments.
2. One research paper (in English) –
approximately ten pages in length. Material may be utilized from the first two
papers.
Note: in exceptional cases, this can
take the form of an oral examination.
The two three-page assignments can
total one third of the course credits.
The final research assignment
carries the most weight.
E-mail: cafedifferance@yahoo.com
I will provide most of the core
reading material as the course progresses, or it will be available for
photocopying. Other selections of texts may be provided by e-mail.
Welcome
to the Wonderful World of Madness!