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PHIL 418 - Existentialism
 Instructor: Dr. Jason R. Raibley, Phil. Dept., MHB
LA5 Room 246 • T / TH 2:00-3:00
Texts:

1. Existentialism: Basic Writings, 2nd Edition. Ed. Guignon & Pereboom. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2001. 0-87220-595-9 (E)
2. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Trans. Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library, 1995. 0-679-60175-9 (Z)

Paintings and Photos of Existentialists (click here)

Closerie des Lilas
171 Boulevard du Montparnasse - Paris 6

Reading Schedule:
This schedule is subject to radical revision.
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Jan 29 31

Introduction E xii-xxxviii; Background
Feb 5 7 Sartre E 290-308 (Existentialism is a Humanism)
Feb 12 14 E 309-344 (Being and Nothingness)
Feb 19 21 E 344-362 (Being and Nothingness, cont'd)
Feb 26 28 Heidegger E 211-222 (Being and Time)
Mar 4 6 E 223-246 (Being and Time cont'd)
Mar 11 13 E 246-254 (Being and Time cont'd)
Mar 18 X Nietzsche Z 3-25 (Thus Spake Zarathustra, Preface)
Mar 25 27 Z 25-79 (Thus Spake Zarathustra, Pt. 1)
Mar X X Spring Break
(recommended trips: Paris, Black Forest, Sils-Maria)
Apr 8 10 Z 79-147 (Thus Spake Zarathustra, Pt. 2)
Apr 15 17 Z 149-231 (Thus Spake Zarathustra, Pt. 3)
Apr 22 24

Kierkegaard: Excerpts from Either/Or
Apr/May 29 1 E 26-66 (Fear and Trembling)
May 6 8

E 66-84 (The Sickness Unto Death)
May 13 15 Conclusion

 

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