A+T Grad Seminar 2024 Schedule

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  • Tuesday 08.27

    Week 1: Introductions

    Content:
    • Since classes began in the middle of last week, our first meeting is Tuesday, Aug 27.
    • Meet and discuss semester plan.
    • Syllabus Review
    • Semester plan discussion
    Assignment:
    Readings: None
    Tuesday 09.03

    Week 2: BASICS: Class, Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism

    Content:
    Assignment:
    Readings:

    Tuesday 09.10

    Week 3

    Content:
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:

    Tuesday 09.17

    Week 4

    Content:
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • Experience, Sympathy, Subjectivity pp. 29-44
    • The Psycho-Cultural Roots of the Contemporary Ethical Catastrophe pp. 45-52

    Tuesday 09.24

    Week 5

    Content:
    • CRIT: Lindsay
    • Discuss: Experience, Sympathy, Subjectivity AND The Psycho-Cultural Roots of the Contemporary Ethical Catastrophe
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • Why War? pp. 53-72
    • Trans-Humanism and Geronto-Fascism pp. 73-80

    Tuesday 10.01

    Week 6

    Content:
    • CRIT: Sam
    • Discussion lead by Lindsay and Hannah: Why War? and Trans-Humanism and Geronto-Fascism from Quit Everything.
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • A Short History of Happiness pp. 81 - 94
    • Questioning Depression pp. 97 - 117

    Tuesday 10.08

    Week 7: Hurricane Milton Week

    Content: NoneAssignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • Resign pp. 119 - 128
    • The Unthinkable, pp. 129 -141

    Tuesday 10.15

    Week 8

    Content:
    • CRIT: Hannah
    • CRIT: Dylan
    • Discussion lead by Dylan and Sam: A Short History of Happiness, Questioning Depression
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • Desertion, pp. 143 - 157
    • The Revenge of Concreteness, pp. 159 - 163

    Tuesday 10.22

    Week 9

    Content:
    • Discussion lead by Elaina and Ebenezer: Resign and The Unthinkable
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • The Double Defeat of Thought, pp. 165 - 171
    • Neuro-aesthetics of the Unimaginable, pp. 173 - 182

    Tuesday 10.29

    Week 10

    Content:
    • CRIT: Ebenezer
    • CRIT: Lainie
    • Discussion lead by Dylan and Hannah: Desertion and The Revenge of Concreteness
    Assignment
    • Make work.
    Readings:
    • The Post-anthropic Evolution of the Psychosphere, pp. 185 - 190
    • Sublimation, pp. 191 - 193
    • On Joy, Desire, and Old Age AND Post-scriptum, pp. 195 - 201

    Tuesday 11.05

    Week 11

    Content:
    • CRIT: Sam
    • CRIT: Lindsay
    • Discussion lead by Lainie and Ebenezer: The Double Defeat of Thought and Neuro-aesthetics of the Unimaginable
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings: None
    Tuesday 11.12

    Week 12

    Content:
    • Discussion lead by Sam and Lindsay: The Post-anthropic Evolution of the Psychosphere; Sublimation; On Joy, Desire, and Old Age; Post-scriptum
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings: None
    Tuesday 11.19

    Week 13

    Content:
    • CRIT: Dylan
    • CRIT:
    Assignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings: None
    Tuesday 11.26

    Week 14: THANKSGIVING

    Content: NoneAssignment:
    • Make work.
    Readings: None
    Tuesday 12.03

    Week 15: Summary (last day)

    Content:
    • GROUP CRIT: One by one.
    Assignment: NoneReadings: None
    Tuesday 12.10

    Week 16: Finals Week (no class)

    Content: NoneAssignment: NoneReadings: None
    Thursday 12.12

    Exam Week: Final NONE

    End of semester wrap up.