Hong Kong Baptist University

MODERN WESTERN THOUGHT (MODULE FROM BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS) IN CULTURAL STUDIES AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES)

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Assessment Methods / 評核方式
(A) Assessment Items and Their Weightings: 1) Book Report/ Essay (30%) 2) Presentation (30%) 3) Examination (40%) (B) Completion Requirements and CEF Reimbursement Requirements: 1) At least 50% passing marks in the overall assessment 2) At least 70% attendance

Entry Requirement / 入學要求
1. GRADUATES OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR HIGHER DIPLOMA 2. EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS ASSESSED BY COLLEGE/SCHOOL

Instructor's Qualifications / 導師資歷
Holder of Master's or Doctoral Degree

QR Number / 資歷名冊登記號碼
21/000560/L5

QF Level / 資歷架構級別
5

CEF Registration Invalid From / 基金課程登記失效日期
14-AUG-27

What You’ll Learn

1. INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY AS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CRITIQUE (3 HOURS) 2. MODERNITY, ENLIGHTENMENT AND RATIONALISM (3 HOURS) 3. MARX’S CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM (3 HOURS) 4. FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND CRISIS OF MODERNITY (3 HOURS) 5. MARXIST CRITIQUE OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY (3 HOURS) 6. FREIRE’S CRITIQUE OF THE INHUMAN EDUCATION SYSTEM (3 HOURS) 7. EXISTENTIALISM AND MEANING OF LIFE (I) (3 HOURS) 8. EXISTENTIALISM AND MEANING OF LIFE (II) (3 HOURS) 9. CRITIQUE OF TOTALITARIANISM AFTER THE HOLOCAUST: ARENDT AND BAUMAN (3 HOURS) 10. LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS LIMIT (1) (3 HOURS) 11. LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS LIMIT (2) (3 HOURS) 12. POSTMODERNISM AND CRITIQUE OF THE RATIONAL SUBJECT: FOUCAULT AND LEVINAS (3 HOURS) 13. POSTMODERN GOD: CAPUTO AND DERRIDA (3 HOURS)

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