History of Consciousness
2013-14 General Catalog
415 Humanities 1
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Lower-Division Courses
12. Historical Introduction to Philosophy. F
Focuses on moral, metaphysical, and epistemological issues using classical texts along with some contemporary readings on related philosophical problems. Plato, Kant, and Sartre provide the central readings on ethics, while Descartes, Hume, Kant (again), and Wittgenstein provide the central metaphysical and epistemological discussions. Issues of philosophy of language and method are highlighted throughout. (General Education Code(s): TA, IH. ) J. Neu
80C. Social Movements of the 1930s and 1960s in the U. S. *
Examines the rise of a mass movement of the left in the U. S. during the 1930s, in the context of economic depression and the growing international threat of fascism. (Formerly "The 1930s Depression and Radicalism in the U. S. ") (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences. ) B. Epstein
80H. Marxism. *
Advanced introduction to the main currents of Marxism from the 19th century to the present. Lectures and discussion address Marx's conceptions of capitalism, later attempts to theorize the political, and philosophical and aesthetic consequences of this critique. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts. ) G. Balakrishnan
80J. Social Movements in the U. S. *
Traces the history of social movements in the late 19th- and 20th-century U. S. , including populism, labor, socialism, Communism, the New Left, civil rights, feminism. Looks at the relationship between cultures of protest and mainstream popular and political cultures. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences. ) B. Epstein
80L. Queer Theory. F
Introduces queer theory as a practice that challenges norms of personhood by interrogating the transnational construction of sexuality, race, and gender. Also theorizes issues in contemporary transnational queer, gay, and trans politics. Enrollment limited to 125. (General Education Code(s): CC. ) J. Rothe
80Q. Science as Culture and Practice. *
Using tools from the analysis of social history, visual and material culture, narrative, and laboratory and field practices, introduces students to modern science, technology, and medicine studies. Examples come especially from 20th- and 21st-century life and human and information sciences. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences. ) D. Haraway
80U. Modernity and Its Discontents. *
Offers an introduction to the idea of modernity from Kant to Freud, Niezsche to Fanon. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts. ) D. Marriott
Upper-Division Courses
102. Philosophy and Poetics. *
Introduction to the relationship between philosophy and poetics in some major 19th- and 20th-century poets and thinkers. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 30. D. Marriott
104. The Adventure of French Philosophy. F
Takes up what Alain Badiou termed "the French moment" in contemporary philosophy. Badiou's thought will guide students through this 20th-century adventure as it explores fundamental questions concerning the nature of being, ethics, truth, power, and the event. Enrollment limited to 25. (General Education Code(s): CC. ) A. Sivak
111. States, War, Capitalism. *
Survey of seminal work on ancient origins of the state, diverse geo-political systems of war and diplomacy, and consequences of the formation of the world market on the evolution of geo-political systems up to and beyond the wars of today. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 35. G. Balakrishnan
112. Foundations in Critical Theory. W
Concentrates on the Marxist tradition of critical theory, centering on classical texts by Marx and by writers in the Marxist tradition up to the present. Enrollment limited to 150. (General Education Code(s): TA. ) G. Balakrishnan
114. Politics and Religion. F
Considers both the religious sources of political ideas and the political sources of religious ideas, addressing topics, such as sovereignty, justice, love, reason, revelation, sacrifice, victimhood, evil, racism, rebellion, reconciliation, and human rights. (Formerly Theology and Politics. ) R. Meister
118. Jewish Social Movements.
Jewish social movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries, in Europe (Eastern and Western) and the U. S. : the confrontation between Hasidism and Haskahah, tensions between socialism and Zionism, between religiosity and secularism, the mutual influences among these tendencies. (Also offered as History 185D. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): E. ) B. Epstein
119. Politics of Recognition. W
Course touches on the philosophical roots of Hegel's text, starting from the pre-World War II rereading of Hegel's master/slave dialectic that became the kernel of postwar thought arising from struggles over capitalism, communism, fascism, racism, colonialism, and feminism. R. Meister
125. Queerness and Race. *
Gives students a grasp of different definitions and uses of the concept queerness in its relationship to race and how it's tied to the politics of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identity. Enrollment limited to 25. J. Rothe
139A. Market Crises and the Future of Capitalism. F
Examines the development and role of late 20th- and early 21st-century financial technologies in modern market crises. Enrollment limited to 40. B. Lozano
139B. Materialism and Financial Markets. W
Continuation of course 139A. Examines the development and role of late 20th- and early 21st-century financial technologies in modern market crises. Enrollment limited to 40. B. Lozano
146. Philosophy of Law. S
Exploration of selected problems in jurisprudence: "legal reasoning" and social policy, rules and individual cases, the mental element in the law, punishment and responsibility, causation and fault, liberty and paternalism, etc. (Formerly Philosophy 146. ) (Also offered as Legal Studies 146. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) J. Neu
163. Freud. *
The development of Freud's concept of mind. Extensive reading tracing the origins and development of Freud's theories and concepts (e. g. , abreaction, psychic energy, defense, wish-fulfillment, unconscious fantasy, dreams, symptoms, transference, cure, sexuality) and emphasizing the underlying model of the mind and mental functioning. (Formerly Psychology 163 and Philosophy 139. ) Offered in alternate academic years. J. Neu
180. The Emotions. W
Analysis of particular emotions (e. g. , jealousy, boredom, regret) and exploration of general theoretical issues (e. g. , expression, control) with emphasis on moral psychology. Admission by interview with instructor. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Enrollment limited to 23. J. Neu
190A. Jewish Socialism in Eastern Europe, 1880-1953. *
Looks at the ongoing debate in Jewish resistance during the Second World War and ends by addressing the status of Jews and Jewish movements in the Soviet Union and Poland after the war. (Also offered as Jewish Studies 190A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment limited to 25. B. Epstein
199. Tutorial. F,W,S
A program of individual study arranged between an undergraduate student and a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
Graduate Courses
203A. Approaches to History of Consciousness. F
An introduction to history of consciousness required of all incoming students. The seminar concentrates on theory, methods, and research techniques. Major interpretive approaches drawn from cultural and political analysis are discussed in their application to specific problems in the history of consciousness. Prerequisite(s): first-year standing in the program. See the department office for more information. (Formerly course 203. ) G. Balakrishnan
203B. Approaches to History of Consciousness. W
Writing-intensive course based on readings in course 203A. Prerequisite(s): course 203A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 9. The Staff
210A. Cultural and Historical Studies of Race and Ethnicity. *
Explores the historical construction of racial and ethnic categories in the Americas, especially the U. S. , in interaction with gender, sexuality, class, and nationality. Intended to introduce current work by UCSC faculty and Bay Area scholars and to stimulate graduate student research projects, the course is organized by intensive reading around key questions, followed by presentations by invited scholars. Emphasizes research resources and methodologies. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
210B. Cultural and Historical Studies of Race and Ethnicity. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 210A. Prerequisite(s): course 210A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
211A. French Hegel. *
Introduces the "return to Hegel" in the work of some major 20th-century French thinkers. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
212. Feminist Theory and the Law. *
Interrogation of the relationship between law and its instantiating gendered categories, supported by feminist, queer, Marxist, critical race, and postcolonial theories. Topics include hypostasization of legal categories, the contest between domestic and international human rights frameworks, overlapping civil and communal codes, cultural explanations in the law, the law as text and archive, testimony and legal subjectivity. (Also offered as Feminist Studies 212. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Dent
216. Critical Race/Ethnic Studies. W
Explores foundational and emergent theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of race. Issues examined include the production of race within and across various spheres of human activity and how race has shaped notions of difference and commonality in the past and present. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. E. Porter
217A. Seminar: Topics in Feminist Theory. *
Studies in the theory and history of feminist consciousness; analysis of the main areas of a specifically feminist interest; determination of the theoretical bases for a distinctively feminist perspective on the principal problems of the life and human sciences; examination of relations of class, race, and gender in feminist theory and practice. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
217B. Seminar: Topics in Feminist Theory. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 217A. Prerequisite(s): course 217A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
218A. Postcolonial Theory. *
Study of selected topics in postcolonial theory, including decolonizing critiques of Western knowledges and epistemologies, nationalism, gender and sexuality, cultural representations of neo-colonialism and imperialism, subalternity, history and historical transformation, and global relations of dominations. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
219A. Psychoanalysis and Cultural Criticism. *
Readings in Freudian psychoanalytic theory from Freud and his contemporaries to the present, with emphasis on concepts (such as the unconscious, sexuality, fantasy, narcissism) that have informed recent cultural criticism around questions of social identity, subjectivity, marginality, and power. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
219B. Psychoanalysis and Cultural Criticism. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 219A. Prerequisite(s): course 219A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
222A. Theories of Late Capitalism. *
Looks at the theoretical literature on what is variously called late capitalism/postindustrialism/postfordism, and in that context considers the rise of nationalism and identity politics in the latter part of the 20th century. The primary focus is on the U. S. and Western Europe, but questions of the globalization of capital and the transformation of relations between "the West" and "the Third World" are also considered. Written work for the course consists of weekly short papers. (Formerly Theories of Late Capitalism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Identity. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Epstein
222B. Theories of Late Capitalism. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 222A. (Formerly Theories of Late Capitalism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Identity. ) Prerequisite(s): course 222A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Epstein
225. The Politics of Affect. *
Point of departure is the question of the political, posed with respect to psychoanalysis. The underlying question is what the political does to psychoanalysis, but also what the unconscious does to the political. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
226. Marxist Humanism and the Anti-Humanist Turn. *
Seminar in which texts are read in the tradition of Marxist humanism and in the turn toward an anti-humanist stance originating among French and other European intellectuals in the 1950s and 1960s, then taking hold widely among left intellectuals in the U. S. and elsewhere. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Epstein
228. Fundamental Problems of Metapolitics. *
Focuses on seminal works of political thought: the first half devoted to ancient and modern classics; the second considering several major contemporary reflections. Aims to reconstruct and assess the claims regarding epistemic conditions and criteria of metapolitical judgment. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Balakrishnan
230A. Poetry, Language, Thought. W
Introduces the relation between philosophy and poetics in some major 20th-century poets and thinkers. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
230B. Poetry, Language, Thought. *
Writing-intensive course based on readings in course 230A. Prerequisite(s): course 230A, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
233A. Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity. *
Study of social and cultural theories of modernity and postmodernity; analysis of various conceptualizations of the modern and the postmodern and their relation to production, history, aesthetics, cultural identity, social struggle; texts from a variety of disciplines (literature, sociology, philosophy). Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
233B. Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 233A. Prerequisite(s): course 233A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
234A. Social Movements in the 20th-Century U. S. *
The history of major social movements in the 20th-century U. S. , including populism, labor, socialism and communism, civil rights, the women's movement, the anti-nuclear movement. Various theoretical perspectives on the rise and fall of social movements. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. Offered in alternate academic years. May be repeated for credit. B. Epstein
234B. Social Movements in the 20th-Century U. S. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 234A. Prerequisite(s): course 234A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. B. Epstein
235A. Theory of Religion. *
The difficulty of defining religion (universal essence vs. local/individual experience), of specifying its categorical boundaries, and of generating a theory based on more traditional disciplines (anthropomorphism, societal, psychic, transcendent, cognitive/ritual, historical/cultural/political). Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
235B. Theory of Religion. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 235A. Prerequisite(s): course 235A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
236. On Insults. *
What is the role of insult in social and legal life (from play to jokes to ritual to war and from blasphemy to defamation to hate speech)? Emphasizes philosophical, anthropological, psychoanalytic, and legal approaches to the issues. Enrollment restricted to graduate students and by permission of instructor. (Formerly Philosophy 290Y. ) (Also offered as Anthropology 236. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. J. Neu
237A. Historical Materialism. F
Students read landmark works of classical and contemporary Marxism. Writings from Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Lukacs, Gramsci, Adorno, Benjamin, Sartre, Althusser, Anderson, Jameson, and Zizek are addressed. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. G. Balakrishnan
237B. Historical Materialism. *
Writing-intensive seminar based on course 237A. Students read landmark works of classical and contemporary Marxism. Writings from Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Lukacs, Gramsci, Adorno, Benjamin, Sartre, Althusser, Anderson, Jameson, and Zizek are discussed. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 10. May be repeated for credit. G. Balakrishnan
239A. The Dialectical Legacy. *
From Adorno to Zizek rediscoveries of Hegel have provided the impetus for some of the most innovative currents of 20th-century Marxism. Examines the philosophical and historical problems that Marx inherited from Hegel through close readings of their major works. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Balakrishnan
239B. The Dialectical Legacy. *
From Adorno to Zizek rediscoveries of Hegel have provided the impetus for some of the most innovative currents of 20th-century Marxism. Examines the philosophical and historical problems that Marx inherited from Hegel through close readings of their major works. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Balakrishnan
240. Basic Principles of University-Level Pedagogy(1 credit). *
Provides training for graduate students in university-level pedagogy in general. Under the supervision of the department chair, coordinated by a graduate student with substantial experience as a teaching assistant. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
242A. Violence and Phenomenology: Fanon/Hegel/Sartre. *
Study of the work and influence of Frantz Fanon from a range of viewpoints: existential, phenomenological, psychoanalytic, and political; a variety of genres: film, literature, case history, and critique; and a set of institutional histories: clinical, cultural, and intellectual. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
242B. Violence and Phenomenology: Fanon/Hegel/Sartre. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 242A. Prerequisite: course 242A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
243A. Nationalism, Anti-Semitism, and Jewish Resistance in World War II. *
Jewish resistance to Nazism during World War II, in Eastern Europe, and its historical context. Includes the pre-war rise in nationalism and anti-Semitism in Poland and Lithuania, Jewish integration in the Soviet Union, and the consequences for wartime resistance. (Also offered as History 256. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to seniors and graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Epstein
245. Race and Representation. S
Explores how human subjects come to be visually defined and marked by "race" discourse. Covers diverse theoretical literatures on the topic, primarily in visual studies, but also in cultural studies, post-colonial studies, and psychoanalysis. (Also offered as Feminist Studies 245. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. J. Gonzalez
250A. Foundations in Science Studies. *
Critical inquiry into topics in the history, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy of science and technology. Organized around the position that science is its practice, the seminar explores practices of representation, science studies and cultural studies, local/global tensions and networks, and the science question in feminism and antiracism. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. K. Barad
250B. Foundations in Science Studies. *
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 250A. Prerequisite(s): course 250A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
251A. Readings in Science Studies. *
Focus is on recent literature in social, cultural, and historical studies of science, medicine, and technology. This seminar familiarizes students with current scholarly debates, research networks, national traditions, international exchanges, conference proceedings, interdisciplinary projects, and publication sites. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
251B. Readings in Science Studies. *
Second quarter of two-quarter course. Writing-intensive course based on the readings studied in course 251A. Prerequisite: course 251A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
252. Poststructuralism. *
French poststructuralism, with particular attention to the main philosophical texts of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. Other representative theorists as well as critics of poststructuralism are studied as time permits. (Also offered as Philosophy 252. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
253A. Topics in Cultural Analysis. *
Advanced graduate seminar in which students do research on focused topics. Each quarter centered on single thematic area. Students read works of culture-theory and exemplary studies illustrating methodologies, problems, and current controversies. Prerequisite(s): minimum of second-year status in the history of consciousness program; instructor evaluates student's ability to participate. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
255. Carl Schmitt: Political and Legal Order in Modern Thought. *
Students study the main translated texts of Carl Schmitt's work, as well as certain secondary commentary on his body of thought. (Formerly course 255A. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Balakrishnan
256A. Theories of the Visual. W
Study of psychoanalytic theories of the visual including the emergence of psychoanalysis and cinema as parallel discourses and the mobilization of key psychoanalytic concepts—scopophilia, voyeurism, fetishism—in Freudian and Lacanian understandings of the gaze so central to film and photographic theory. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
256B. Theories of the Visual. S
Writing intensive course based on readings in course 256A. Prerequisite: course 256A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
259A. Kant, Lacan, and the Ethics of Psychoanalysis. *
Offers an introduction to Jacques Lacan's "Return to Kant" and the response it provokes as a reading of sadism, politics, and ethics. Specific point of entry adopted for course is Lacan's seminar on "The Ethics of Psychoanalysis. " Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
259B. Kant, Lacan, and the Ethics of Psychoanalysis. *
Writing-intensive course based on readings in course 259A. Prerequisite(s): course 259A. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Marriott
261. Modern Intellectural History. W
Survey of 19th- and 20th-century intellectual history that focuses on a cross-section of major works from Hegel to Levi-Strauss. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Balakrishnan
264. The Idea of Africa. *
Examines the position of Africa in cultural studies and the simultaneous processes of over- and under-representation of the continent that mark enunciations of the global and the local. Themes include defining diaspora, the West as philosophy, and Africa in the global economy. (Also offered as Feminist Studies 264. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. G. Dent
268A. Rethinking Capitalism. F
Readings include works by speakers at UCSC's "Rethinking Capitalism Initiative. " Topics are: (1) financialization versus commodification (how options-theory has changed capitalism); (2) material markets (how this theory performs); and (3) valuation and contingency (how economies make worlds). (Also offered as Anthropology 268A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Meister
268B. Rethinking Capitalism. W
Course 268A addressed changes in the theory and practice of capitalism as derivatives markets have become increasingly central to it. This course, which can be regarded as either background or sequel, concerns questions that surround recent debates about derivatives from the standpoint of broader developments in law, culture, politics, ethics, ontology, and theology. What would it mean to see questions of contingency and value as a challenge to late-modern understandings of these modes of thought? (Also offered as Anthropology 268B. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. ) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Meister
291. Advising(2 credits). F,W,S
Independent study formalizing the advisee-adviser relationship. Regular meetings to plan, assess and monitor academic progress, and to evaluate course work as necessary. May be used to develop general bibliography of background reading and trajectory of study in preparation for the qualifying examination. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
292. Practicum in Composition. *
A practicum in the genres of scholarly writing, for graduate students working on the composition of their qualifying essay or doctoral dissertation. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
293. Field Study. F,W,S
Research carried out in field settings, based on a project approved by the responsible faculty. The student must file a prospectus with the department office before undertaking the research and a final report of activities upon return. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
294. Teaching-Related Independent Study. F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff
295. Directed Reading. F,W,S
Systematic working through a prearranged bibliography which is filed as a final report at the end of the quarter with the signature of the instructor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296. Special Student Seminar. F,W,S
A seminar study group for graduate students focusing each quarter on various problems in the history of consciousness. A statement and evaluation of the work done in the course will be provided each quarter by the students who have participated in the course for that quarter, and reviewed by the responsible faculty. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
297. Independent Study. F,W,S
Independent study and research under faculty supervision. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff
298. Doctoral Colloquium. S
Under the supervision of a History of Consciousness faculty member, students finishing their dissertation meet weekly or bi-weekly to read and discuss selected draft chapters, design difficulties and composition problems. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
299. Thesis Research. F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): advancement to candidacy. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
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