Universität Wien

190055 SE Education and Gender (2023S)

The Politics and Philosophy of Desire: Some notions on gender, truth, knowledge and subjectivity

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 19 - Bildungswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 21.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 18.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 02.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 16.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 13.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Tuesday 27.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the history of philosophy and education, desire is a significant concept for analyzing the construction of the past as history and the future as a desirable narrative. As an example, the desire for democratic inclusion has been prominent in decolonial and feminist demands for a rewriting of the past. In this course, we will theorize
historiography as practices of desire, studying how desiring narratives of memories, things, identities, people and ideas are at the center of an intersectional renegotiation within historical and contemporary knowledge institutions. The students will be invited to
reflect on contemporary film, music and art in relation to
the theoretical framework of the course.

The students acquire basic theoretical knowledge of the connection between education and gender. They can classify empirical phenomena in a social context of various inequality, difference, and power relations and critically reflect on them with regard to pedagogical practices.

Assessment and permitted materials

Mid-semester: mandatory, well-prepared oral presentation of a text to discuss with the seminar. This will account for 20% of the points that can be earned in the course (max. 4 points).
End-of-Semester: a written essay (5-6 pages) reflecting the knowledge and questions that are related to the topic of the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Total points: 20; minimum 11 points needed to pass the course.
18-20 = 1
16-17 = 2
14-15 = 3
11-13 = 4
0 - 10 = 5
Sufficient knowledge of English to read and understand some English texts and to follow the English-speaking course instructor.
Active participation.

Examination topics

Reading list

Ahmed, S. (2006). Queer phenomenology: orientations, objects, others. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.

Baldwin, J., Schapiro, S., Lewis, J., Karefa-Smart, G. & Wiener, N. (2019). The fire next time. Köln, Germany: Taschen.

Berlant, L.G. (2012). Desire/Love [electronic resource].

Carson, A. (1986). Eros the bittersweet: an essay. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (2013). Anti-Oedipus: capitalism and schizophrenia. London: Bloomsbury Academic [electronic resource].

Freud, S.S. (2011). Group psychology and the analysis of the ego [electronic resource]. Perlego.

The Invisible Committee (2009). Coming insurrection. Semiotexte.

Illouz, Eva, Cold intimacies: the making of emotional capitalism, Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, 2007

Sofokles, (2008). Antigone ;: Oedipus the King ; Electra. (Reprinted). New York: Oxford university press. [Will be available as electronic resource]

KonstfackTensta konsthall (2020). Red love: a reader on Alexandra Kollontai. Stockholm: Konstfack Collection [electronic resource].

Nussbaum, M.C. (2013). Political emotions: why love matters for justice. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Solanas, V. (1997). SCUM manifesto. Edinburgh: A.K. Press.

Solnit, R. (2020). Recollections of my non-existence. London: Granta.

Films:

A Fantastic Woman (2017) Director: Sebastián Lelio

'I am not your Negro' (2016) Director: Raoul Peck

Association in the course directory

WM-M14

Last modified: Tu 28.02.2023 09:08