| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 |
Siegert, Hubertus. Berlin Babylon. (In-class screening) Pinder, John. "What the EU is for," "Single Market, Single Currency," and "The EU and the Rest of Europe." Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Four Great Errors." |
| 3 |
Byatt, A. S. Babel Tower. Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The 'Improvers of Mankind'" |
| 4 |
Byatt, A. S. Babel Tower. Noble, Michael J. "A Tower of Tongues." |
| 5 | Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life. |
| 6 |
Hermann, Judith. "This Side of the Oder." Kristeva, Julia. "Europe Divided: Politics, Ethics, Religion." |
| 7 |
Schulze, Ingo. Simple Stories. Wolf, Christa. "The Leftover Baggage of German History: Correspondence with Jürgen Habermas." |
| 8 |
Wolf, Christa. Cassandra 3-138. Bahro, Rudolf. "From Red to Green: Industrialism and Cultural Revolution." |
| 9 |
Strauß, Botho. "Idiots of the Immediate." Sloterdijk, Peter. "Cynicism — The Twilight of False Consciousness." |
| 10 |
Vinterberg, Thomas. The Celebration. (In-class screening) Aspects of Dogma: p.o.v. Foucault, Michel. "What is an Author?" |
| 11 |
Houellebecq, Michel. The Elementary Particles. Piper, Andrew. "Project Übermensch: German Intellectuals Confront Genetic Engineering." |
| 12 |
Beuys, Joseph. Artworks. (In-class screening) Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. "Beuys: The Twilight of the Idol." |
| 13 | Kristeva, Julia. "Europhilia-Europhobia." |
