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CWL 581: Spring 2021

SCHEDULE

Date

Readings, Viewings

biopolitics

—introductions—

Foucault, Arendt (Biopolitics Reader, 1-133)

Agamben, Shukin

Esposito

Reader, 161-273

Reader, 274-316; 386-426; Jackson

1/25

2/1

2/8

2/15

2/22

3/1

fantasy & critique

media

4/12

4/19

4/26

5/3


5/10

presentations, week 1

presentations, week 2

presentations, week 3

conclusions


final paper due

3/8

3/15

3/22

3/29

4/5

Freud, Lacan

Žižek

Neroni, Edelman, Chen, Väliaho

Weheliye

—no class—

Readings, Viewings

ReGenesis, season 2

Hunger Games

Jeeg Robot

Il seme dell'uomo

Orphan Black, seasons 1-2

Children of Men

24, Season 4, ep. 1,  

Us

—student selected—

—student selected—

—student selected—