Course Description
Readings in major texts of French poststructuralist theorist Jacques Derrida and educational theorists who use his work.
Athena Title
Derrida, Deconstruction, Educ
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students will learn Jacques Derrida's place in French intellectual history 2. Students will learn and use Derrida's major analysis, deconstruction 3. Students will learn other Derridean concepts including difference, trace, and play 4. Students will learn how Derrida's work has been taken up and used by educators 5. Students will learn how to apply deconstruction to their own projects
Topical Outline
1. Introduction to Derrida in poststructural theory 2. Deconstruction 3. Deconstruction and language 4. Deconstruction and writing 5. Deconstruction and difference 6. Deconstruction and Marx 7. Deconstruction and cosmopolitanism 8. Deconstruction and hospitality