ASP211 - Freedom and Power: Existentialism and Beyond
Unit details
Year: | 2021 unit information |
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Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Melbourne (Burwood), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Patrick Stokes |
Cohort rule: | Nil |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ASP109 |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week All students will also be able to engage in discussion of the unit material via discussion forums on CloudDeakin |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week All students will also be able to engage in discussion of the unit material via discussion forums on CloudDeakin |
Content
Over the course of this unit, students will develop a critical understanding of key ideas in existentialist philosophy and debates over power and freedom in postwar European thought. Existentialist accounts of themes such as freedom, anguish (or anxiety), mortality, authenticity, and value will be discussed, as well as critiques of existentialism offered by subsequent major thinkers.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Understand, compare, and critically evaluate key ideas in 20th-century French philosophy concering the nature of subjectivity and freedom from a range of philosophers | GLO1: Discipline specific GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO2 | Critically apply a number of key ideas from 20th-century French thinkers to practical examples, and understand and evaluate how these ideas relate to current views about subjectivity and the social order. | GLO1: Discipline specific GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO3 | Construct and evaluate philosophical arguments, backed by relevant evidence, and present competing claims in the context of philosophical dialogue. | GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Quizzes | 400 words or equivalent | 10% | Information not yet available |
Assessment 2 - Essay | 1800 words or equivalent | 45% | Information not yet available |
Assessment 3 - Essay | 1800 words or equivalent | 45% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Unit Fee Information
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