180050 VO-L Feminist Philosophy (2023W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Monday
29.01.2024
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday
04.03.2024
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
06.05.2024
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
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Monday
24.06.2024
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
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Monday
09.10.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
16.10.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
23.10.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
30.10.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
13.11.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
20.11.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
27.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Monday
04.12.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
11.12.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
08.01.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
Monday
22.01.
15:00 - 16:30
BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture course introduces students to central debates in feminist philosophy. We will read and discuss both historical and contemporary texts. A central theme will be objectification.The format will be a mixture of lecture, discussion, and in-class activities. Students are expected to prepare for sessions by reading carefully.
Assessment and permitted materials
There will be in person exam, which will take place on 29.01.2024 15:00 - 16:30.
The exam consists of two parts:
1) 20 multiple choice questions
2) Two open questions
The exam consists of two parts:
1) 20 multiple choice questions
2) Two open questions
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students need to pass both parts of the exam, that means
- they need to answer 12 of the 20 multiple choice questions correctly
- they need to score at least 1 point for each of the open questionsPoints will be allocated thusly:
- Multiple choice questions: 1 point for each correctly answered question (max. 20 points)
- For each answer to an open question: 0-4 points, corresponding to grades (0 = nicht genügend, 4 = sehr gut). Up to 8 points in total.
Answers to open questions will be marked according to the following criteria:
Formal criteria: correct use of language (including punctuation!), structure and comprehensibility, correct and competent use of technical terms.
Substantive criteria: answer's relevance to the question, ability to present connections within the materials of the lecture and make new connections, correct summary of materials discussed in the lecture and the required readingsGrading key (final grade):
25-28 Punkte -> grade: 1
21-24 Punkte -> grade: 2
18-20 Punkte -> grade: 3
14-17 Punkte -> grade: 4
0-13 Punkte -> grade: 5
- they need to answer 12 of the 20 multiple choice questions correctly
- they need to score at least 1 point for each of the open questionsPoints will be allocated thusly:
- Multiple choice questions: 1 point for each correctly answered question (max. 20 points)
- For each answer to an open question: 0-4 points, corresponding to grades (0 = nicht genügend, 4 = sehr gut). Up to 8 points in total.
Answers to open questions will be marked according to the following criteria:
Formal criteria: correct use of language (including punctuation!), structure and comprehensibility, correct and competent use of technical terms.
Substantive criteria: answer's relevance to the question, ability to present connections within the materials of the lecture and make new connections, correct summary of materials discussed in the lecture and the required readingsGrading key (final grade):
25-28 Punkte -> grade: 1
21-24 Punkte -> grade: 2
18-20 Punkte -> grade: 3
14-17 Punkte -> grade: 4
0-13 Punkte -> grade: 5
Examination topics
All material covered in lectures as well as the accompanying readings.
Reading list
Readings will include:
Catharine MacKinnon, Towards a Feminist Theory of the State. Chapters 6 and 7.
Sandra Lee Bartky, 'Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power.
Nussbaum, Martha C. "Objectification." Philosophy & Public Affairs 24.4 (1995): 249-291.
Garcia, M. (2021). We are not born submissive: How patriarchy shapes women's lives. Princeton University Press.
Simone De Beauvoir, H. M. "The second sex." (1953).
Haslanger, Sally, 1993, “On Being Objective and Being Objectified”, in A Mind of One’s Own. Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity, Louise M. Antony and Charlotte Witt (eds.), Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford: Westview Press, 209–253.
Langton, Rae, 2009, Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Catharine MacKinnon, Towards a Feminist Theory of the State. Chapters 6 and 7.
Sandra Lee Bartky, 'Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power.
Nussbaum, Martha C. "Objectification." Philosophy & Public Affairs 24.4 (1995): 249-291.
Garcia, M. (2021). We are not born submissive: How patriarchy shapes women's lives. Princeton University Press.
Simone De Beauvoir, H. M. "The second sex." (1953).
Haslanger, Sally, 1993, “On Being Objective and Being Objectified”, in A Mind of One’s Own. Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity, Louise M. Antony and Charlotte Witt (eds.), Boulder, San Francisco, Oxford: Westview Press, 209–253.
Langton, Rae, 2009, Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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