Philosophy 363 - Continental Philosophy
Fall
2017
01
4.00
Rafeeq Hasan
TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM
Amherst College
PHIL-363-01-1718F
FROS 211
rhasan@amherst.edu
This course will focus on a careful reading of two principal texts by Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy and On the Genealogy of Morals. Our goal is to understand and evaluate Nietzsche’s critique of the idea of morality, based on the concepts of obligation, guilt, and responsibility, and to investigate Nietzsche’s own positive vision of ethics. We will consider sections from Nietzsche’s other works, including Daybreak, Ecce Homo, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, as well as important secondary literature, including engagements with Nietzsche from a feminist and philosophy of race perspective.
Requisite: One course in PHIL. Limited to 25 students. Fall semester. Professor Hasan.