2025年度

前期

Critical Theory

講義

Critical Theory

Z0300005 Critical Theory [対面]

Ｍ． カーニー

2.0単位

水曜4限

新宿

A-0475教室（大学院工学研究科）

A 専攻する研究領域における高度な専門知識を身につけたもの 100%
B 科学技術を運用する能力を身につけたもの　0%
C 主体的に研究に取り組み、社会や職業についての知識や技術者や研究者として必要な倫理観を身につけたもの　0%
D 特定の専門領域における創成能力を身につけたもの　0%

Critical Theory introduces theories and methodologies of thought in order to develop the students’ abilities to objectively analyze and evaluate situations and issues.

The aim of this course is to develop the students’ abilities to utilize a critical thinking approach to the analysis of cultural, social, scientific, and technological situations and issues. Processes that operate during the formation and functioning, both somatic and psychic, of the human mind will be examined. Modes of human thought from throughout history, from ancient cultures to contemporary cultures, will be examined: their systems, methodologies, and theories will be introduced, discussed, and applied in order to develop the students’ objective analytical skills.

No Prerequisite

ディスカッション・ディベート／プレゼンテーション

Weeks 1 – 2: Overview of course, Samuel Todes, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Ferdinand de Saussure
Weeks 3: Prehistory – Tribes; Civilizations – Greece & China: Socrates, Plato, Confucius; Religions
Week 4: Dark Ages & Golden Eras
Weeks 5 – 6: The Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution
Week 7 – 8: 19th Century Epistemological Mutations: Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche
Week 9 – 11: Heidegger, Camus, Sartre, McLuhan, Lacan
Weeks 12 – 15: Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Identity Matrixing Model (IMM)

Grades will be determined through projects, participation, and papers.

In class verbally and in comments on papers.

No textbook is required for this course.

None required; suggestions:
Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. Lois Tyson. Garland Publishing, Inc: 1999.
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently … and Why. Richard E. Nisbitt. Freepress: 2004.
A History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the Twentieth Century. Gunnar Skirbekk & Nils Gile. Routledge: 2001.
Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide. Stuart Sim & Borin Van Loon. Icon Books: 2001.
Mythologies: The Complete Edition. Roland Barthes, translated by Richard Howard & Annette Lavers. Hill and Wang: 2013.

Shinjuku Campus (A-2737): Thursday 13:00 - 13:50 and by appointment.

A knowledge of Critical Theory will not only enhance your ability to perform in your chosen profession, it will also give you insight into societal systems that affect every aspect of the human condition.

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