Spring 2008 Faculty and Student Seminar Humanities 290: Topics in Humanities ~ Foucault, Ethics and Sexuality Thursdays 2:00pm - 4:45pm Des Plaines campus with Dr. Carlos Briones

The Humanities and Philosophy Department's student-faculty seminar gives the department an opportunity to discuss more advanced philosophical material and to focus on a particular philosopher or school of philosophy for an entire semester. It also gives faculty and advanced honors students a unique opportunity to interact in a different way.
The original French title of Volume one of this series, La Volenté de Savoir (The Will to Know) is very telling.
In this book, Foucault wants to show how in the modern age, we strongly believe that if we know our true nature, especially in the area of sexuality, we can find freedom. In other words, we believe that through knowledge,
we can gain power and liberate ourselves. These beliefs form part of what Foucault calls the repressive hypothesis. Throughout the course, we will discuss the work of both critics and supporters of his ideas.
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