Continental Aesthetics: From Kant to Postmodernism (U03454)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-3-CAKP-PH

The course will follow a thread of aesthetic theory that begins with Kant and continues in development and reaction from Hegel to postmodernism. It will in turn highlight the inter-relation of the preceding with issues in metaphysics and epistemology.

? Keywords : aesthetic theory

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in either Philosophy 2A or Philosophy 2B.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Philosophy, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course students will be able to:
- grasp and analyse the legacy in aesthetics of Kant;
- grasp and analyse how some of Kant?s successors responded to and reacted against this legacy;
- describe key elements of the influence in aesthetics of marxism, modernism, poststructuralism, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, and feminism;
- grasp and explain the overlaps of the preceding with metaphysics and epistemology;
- understand something of the style and method peculiar to Continental Philosophy;
- bring analytic and critical tools to bear in reading and writing about Continental thinkers.