Anthropology of Religion
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Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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Moral Medicine: Questions in Bioethics at the Cutting Edge
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Free Will and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making
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Ethical Questions of the Information Age
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The Quest for Immortality in the Ancient World
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Power and the Production of History
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Logic & Paradox
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Arguing About Arguing and Thinking About Thinking
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Contemporary Moral Issues
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Equity and Justice: The Meaning of Equality in a Time of Systemic Oppression
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Implicit Bias - What is it and Who is to Blame?
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Nevertheless, She Persisted: Current Issues in Feminist Philosophy
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Science, Perception, and Reality
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Introductory Astronomy: Exploring the Cosmos
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May The Force Be With You: Physics for the Ages
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Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Reality
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What Does It Take to Discover a Particle?
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Animals Among Us: Humans, Nonhumans, and Politics
What is an animal? To begin, you may point to your dog or cat nearby, the bird outside the window, or perhaps a selfie — these are all particular animals. Yet humans take great effort in distinguishing themselves from other animals. And our society and politics are based on these distinctions— otherwise, we couldn’t use animals as food, scientific research, or even pets. In this course, we will explore the place of animals in western political theory: How do foundational texts establish the separation of humans from other animals? How are animals confined, included in, or excluded from our (human) political systems? Lastly, we will look at various historical, literary, philosophical, and ethnographic texts from different parts of the world that present diverse impressions of animals. This course offers a window to the complex ways that theories and practice intersect in the study of animals.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyClassics & Ancient WorldPhilosophy & ReligionPolitical Science
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Debating Democracy: Threats and Prospects
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Ethics and International Affairs
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Introduction to Women’s Studies
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Law, Ethics, and Democracy
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Political Theory Through Science Fiction: Utopias, Dystopias and Allegories
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Race, Justice, and American Democracy
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The International Human Rights of Political and Environmental Migrations
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The United States Supreme Court: The 2021-22 Term in Review
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Freud: Psychoanalysis and Its Legacies
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The End of the World
Living now amid the Covid-19 pandemic, thoughts of whether humanity can defeat the virus and, if so, what will become of the world post-pandemic greatly trouble the mind. While our anxieties at present are very real and valid, concern over humanity’s end and the end of the world is not new. The theme of the apocalypse features prominently in some of the most lucrative Hollywood movies that dramatize global catastrophes—extreme global warming, astrological forces, pandemics—that threaten humanity’s end. That concern over the world ending is at the forefront of the present-day human mind is indicated by the sheer popularity and success of these films. Such anxieties have also been revealed by recent crazed responses over the uncertainty of what would happen after Dec 21, 2012, the last day of the Mayan calendar, and when the clock struck midnight to usher in the year 2000 (Y2K). However, this kind of apocalyptic thinking is not born out of modernity. It originated over 2,000 years ago in the religions of Judaism and Christianity and has shaped human thinking and catalyzed human action ever since. What can we learn from the history of the apocalyptic mindset, and how might it better help us understand ourselves and the world we live in today? How has belief in the apocalypse shaped human behavior for better or worse? If this topic and these questions are of interest, then this is the course for you.
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Tagged With: Anthropology & SociologyClassics & Ancient WorldPhilosophy & Religion
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Gender, Race and Class in Medical Research and Practice
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