CS201-5-PT-CO:
The World in Question: The Social, Cultural, Political & Environmental Legacies of the Enlightenment
2023/24
Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring Special
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 28 June 2024
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11 December 2023
Requisites for this module
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NONUYYAJ Essex Abroad (Ajou University)
This module provides an interdisciplinary examination of historical and contemporary issues arising from the Enlightenment and its 19th century offspring, industrialism and capitalism.
The module explores social, political and existential issues that took new forms in the 20th and 21st centuries. It addresses three broad themes: Empire, the Self, and Nature.
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The module starts by examining Empire and look at the connections between Enlightenment thought and European expansion, colonialism and cultural domination.
In The Self, we move on to look at how new conceptions of 'the self' have been shaped by social, cultural and economic processes.
Finally, we consider the changing conceptions of Nature that have arisen from the imposition of capitalist and industrial ways of life on most of the planet. The emphasis is on both on the forces that have caused so much ecological destruction and attempts to maintain and reclaim connections with nature.
This module will be delivered via:
- One lecture per week.
- One seminar per week.
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Foucault, M. and Rabinow, P. (1984) ‘What is Enlightenment? Michel Foucault’, in The Foucault reader. Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp. 32–50.
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Smith, L.T. (2012) ‘Chapter 2: Research Through Imperial Eyes’, in
Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples. 2nd ed. London: Zed Books. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/reader.action?docID=1426837&ppg=61.
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Gilroy, P. (1993) The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. London: Verso.
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Kipling, R. (1899)
The White Man’s Burden. Available at:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/kipling.asp.
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o (no date) ‘The Language of African Literature’,
New Left Review, pp. 24–47. Available at:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1301903713/D39302C64C644DD4PQ/1?accountid=10766.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Assessment required in future academic year.
Reassessment
Assessment required in future academic year.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 6 hours, 2 (33.3%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
4 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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