GER3655
GER 3655 - Cultures of Control and Surveillance in Germany and the US (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Historical Perspectives
German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch (10967)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
GER 3655 - Cultures of Control and Surveillance in Germany and the US (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Historical Perspectives
Course description
Discourses and practices of social control and surveillance in comparative/historical perspective. Explores the central conceptual condition for modern ethics: the relationship between individual and society. Paintings, manuals, scholarly and philosophical essays, and literary texts including writings by Franz Kafka.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Discussion
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Historical Perspectives, Civic Life and Ethics
Typically offered term(s)
Fall Odd Year