Debates in Society and Theory

Course content

A thorough reading and discussion of the crucial social and theoretical issues in contemporary society. Each semester the course will focus on one of the basic questions in contemporary society like the meaning and import of modernity and postmodernity, faith, subjectivity, identity, constitution of the social, theory of history and historiography, knowledge and the knowledge of the social, value and the social constitution of value, differentiation of morality and ethics. As much as the topics overlap, the specific focus on a certain topic will also include discussions concerning other topics as well.