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            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    ancient philosophy

3rd week    medieval philosophy

4th week   modern philosophy
    timeline of modern philosophy

5th week  marxism

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

politics & philosophy in the socialist movement: marxism in power
 

7th week  contemporary philosophy: analytical / anglo-american
                                positivism / logical positivism / neo-positivism / analytic philosophy
                                pragmatism / naturalism / radical empiricism / process philosophy

8th week  contemporary philosophy: continental
                                 existentialism / phenomenology / varieties of continental philosophy

                               Camus "The Myth of Sisyphus"     to read the text, click  here
9th week  postmodernism

10th week    the future of philosophy
                        end of ideology / end of history theories
                               text  grand narratives then & now: can we still conceptualise history ?

11th week    new social movements and the history of philosophy 
                   class, race, gender and knowledge
 

12th week  eurocentrism and philosophy
                            is this course eurocentric ?

      course diaries