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Fall 2009-2010
REL 507 / HUM 507   */AUD

Studies in Religion and Philosophy - Values, Ideals, and Powers

Jeffrey L. Stout
Cornel R. West

ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION OR INTERVIEW. DEPARTMENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.

An examination of aspects of life that resist reduction to instrumental reasoning, such as: the vehement passions, sacred value, catastrophic events, rights-talk, and practices of accountability and mutual recognition. Other Issues include commodity fetishism and the role of religious attitudes in ethics and politics.


Other Requirements:
Open to Graduate Students Only.

Other information:
Doctoral candidates alone will be admitted. The course is intended primarily for students in ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of religion, and political theory. To apply, send an email to stout@princeton.edu explaining why you want to take the course and how your previous coursework prepares you for it.

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
24911 S01 7:30 pm - 10:20 pm T   Stanhope Hall 201   Enrolled:15 Limit:15 Closed