HISTORY OF IDEAS

philosophical movements in socio-historical context
taught by  Dr. Helena Sheehan
 in the  School of Communications at  Dublin City University

LECTURESfemale thinker

1st week 99           overview of course       introduction to the history of philosophy: the story so far . . .
                                    the major transitions: from primitive to feudal to medieval to modern thought
                        the big questions / basic philosophies/ root metaphors
             timeline of western philosophy (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

2nd week 99   ancient philosophy

3rd week 99   medieval philosophy

4th week 99   modern philosophy
    timeline of modern philosophy

5th week 99   marxism multimedia presentation of

6th week 99    experiments in the relationship of world view & social order

politics & philosophy in the socialist movement
                                           marxism in power 

7th week 99    Nietzsche, Zarathustra & the death of god
                        Kirkegaard & leaps of faith

8th week 99 contemporary philosophy: analytical / anglo-american
                                positivism / logical positivism / neo-positivism / analytic philosophy
                                pragmatism / naturalism / radical empiricism / process philosophy

9th week 99  contemporary philosophy: continental
                                 existentialism / phenomenology / varieties of continental philosophy

                                  Camus "The Myth of Sisyphus"     to read the text, click  here
10th week 99  postmodernism
11th week 99   new social movements and the history of philosophy 
                      class, race, gender and knowledge

12th week 99      the future of philosophy
                          end of ideology / end of history theories
                               text  grand narratives then & now: can we still conceptualise history ?

      course diaries