Faculty First Year Seminars 197GER3 - Situationism

Situationism was a conceptual art movement that began in Europe in the late 1950s. Influenced by Dada and Surrealism as well as by the Freud/Marx/Nietzsche synthesis associated with the ?Frankfurt School?, the Situationists in turn inspired the Paris 1968 student protests and the PuNk aesthetic of the 1970s. This course introduces beginning students to their theory and artistic practice through excerpts of texts and short films (Richter, Vinet, Smithson, Debord, Freud, Nietzsche). It is an ideal beginning course for students interested in modern philosophy and social-cultural theory

Freshmen Only