German Romanticism
Romanticism is a literary and philosophical period that celebrates emotional self-awareness. This is in tune with the Age of Enlightenment. However, new and old key elements romanticists explore and admire include the return to nature, a fascination with the "golden period" of the Middle Ages, a freedom of rules, and a belief that imagination is superior to reason.
Social Development
Social relationships and social understanding are important parts of our lives from infancy onward. In this course, we will explore the developmental significance of parent-child and peer relationships from infancy into childhood and adolescence. We will also discuss children's understanding of theory of mind, gender, emotions, and self. In particular, we will focus on age-related changes in these skills and how they impact social relationships. We will also consider cross-cultural difference in patterns of social behavior.
Power Governance Subject
Post-structuralism emerged in France in the 1960s as an intellectual movement that critiqued structuralism, especailly its reliance on binary oppositions like male and female, Enlightened and Irrational, and speech and writing. Post-structuralism has had an enormous influence on contemporary political and social theory, including the themes of power, governance, and subjectivity.
Legal Questions
This course provides an introduction to the LJST major. It explores the ways in which law combines moral argument, interpretive practice and force in the regulation of social life. Through the close and sustained study of an exemplary case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, students will attain a nuanced understanding of law as a subject of liberal inquiry. While focused on the history and development of legal orders in the United States, the course also will enable students to appreciate law in its broader cross-cultural, historical, and global dimensions.
Legal Questions
This course provides an introduction to the LJST major. It explores the ways in which law combines moral argument, interpretive practice and force in the regulation of social life. Through the close and sustained study of an exemplary case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, students will attain a nuanced understanding of law as a subject of liberal inquiry. While focused on the history and development of legal orders in the United States, the course also will enable students to appreciate law in its broader cross-cultural, historical, and global dimensions.