PLTC326
The Politics of Authenticity
Politics
BC
Subject code
PLTC
Course Number
326
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
Department/Program Faculty
Course Long Title
The Politics of Authenticity
Cross Listed Courses
Description
Is there such a thing as an authentic self? If so, can politics help us realize it? In this writing-attentive course, students discuss what the politics of authenticity is or might be, how it has been conceptualized in American politics and Western political theory, and why it has become an object of widespread suspicion and continuing appeal. Students examine how authenticity has been posited and contested in three different domains: in the history of Western political thought; in feminist, queer, and transgender writings; and in discussions of race. Authors include Rousseau, Freud, Butler, Malcolm X, Yoshino, and Coates.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
W2
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(PLTC: Identities & Interests), (PLTC: Phil., Lit., Legal St.)
INDS Program Relationship
IDGS - GSS Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years