Selected Topics II (PHIL*6940)
Code and section: PHIL*6940*01
Term: Winter 2021
Instructor: Karen Wendling
Details
This course is cross-listed with PHIL*4060
This course will focus on feminism and democracy, especially in the writings of Charlotte Bunch, Amy Gutmann, Jane Mansbridge, and Martha Nussbaum. We will focus on three
themes in particular: connections between theory and practice, democracy and education, and democracy and feminism internationally.
Evaluation (tentative):
Undergrads: two papers, 45% each; class participation, 10%.
Grads: one final paper, 90%; class participation, 10%.
This class will be synchronous. It will meet once a week, and I will hold synchronous online office hours twice a week.