The Human Condition: Selected Twentieth Century Perspectives
HDS 2508
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Description
This seminar will consider philosophical approaches and perspectives offered by five Western twentieth-century thinkers on ethics, religion, politics, and our (self) understanding as human beings. Works from Du Bois, Arendt, Fanon, Levinas, and Ricoeur will taken up to interrogate phenomenological, social, political and religious interpretations of the human condition, and our corresponding possibilities and responsibilities. Background in philosophy or theology is suggested but not required.
Course Notes
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1596.
School
Harvard Divinity School
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for BTI Cross Registration
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Subject
Harvard Divinity School
Grading Basis
HDS Student Option (LG/SUS)
MTS/ThM Area of Focus
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
Religious Thought, Philosophy, and Theology
Religious Thought, Philosophy, and Theology
Arts of Ministry
N/A
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices
Non-Tradition Specific
Language Course Type
N/A
Language Taught
N/A
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation
N/A
Course Level
N/A
