180173 SE Critical Theory: Media, Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics (2024S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Sa 10.02.2024 10:00 bis So 18.02.2024 23:59
- Abmeldung bis So 31.03.2024 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
The meetings on Friday, March 22 (13:15: - 16:30) and on Friday, April 26 (13:15 – 16:30) will be held via Zoom. The remaining five seminar meetings will be held in person!
Friday 22.03. 13:15 – 16:30 Digital
Friday 26.04. 13:15 – 16:30 Digital
Friday 10.05. 09:45 - 13:00
Saturday 11.05. 9:45 – 13.00
Friday 24.05. 09:45 - 13:00
Saturday 25.05. 09:45 - 13:00
Friday 31.05. 9:45 – 13:00
Freitag
22.03.
13:15 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
26.04.
13:15 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
10.05.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Samstag
11.05.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Freitag
24.05.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Samstag
25.05.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
Freitag
31.05.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
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ASSESSMENT AND PERMITTED MATERIAL
Attendance is strictly required! Missing more than one seminar will reflect negatively on the final grade; missing more than two seminars will result in a negative grade. Active participation is expected!
To receive a grade for the seminar, two options are available:
The first option is a presentation - the length of the presentation is supposed to be 30-35 minutes; the presentation must be fully elaborated and submitted in written form and as an email attachment to the course instructor the day before the presentation. The written form of the presentation must include a bibliographical apparatus. The written text of the presentation must have a minimum length of 10 pages (1 ½ spaces); also, presenters must provide a 1-page hand-out for all the seminar participants the day before their presentation; this hand-out is to be sent to the course instructor one day before the presentation, and the course instructor will put the hand-out on Moodle). The presentation and the handout must be sent in time. The presentations should be chosen during the preliminary meeting, although participants interested in giving a presentation on the texts/topics listed can contact the instructor before the preliminary meeting.
The second option is a paper - the length of the paper must be at least 15 pages (1 ½ spaces). The paper must include a bibliographical apparatus. The citation style can be chosen by the author of the paper, but it must be consistent. The topic of the paper may be determined in consultation with the instructor.
All texts will be made available in electronic form on Moodle! The following texts by representatives of Critical Theory will be read and closely analyzed:
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (versions 2 and 3)
Theodor W. Adorno: “The Fetish Character of Music and the Regression of Listening”
Theodor W. Adorno / Max Horkheimer: Dialectic of Enlightenment
Herbert Marcuse: Technology, War, and Fascism
Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man
Theodor W. Adorno: “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis”
Herbert Marcuse: Psychoanalysis, Politics + Utopia
Herbert Marcuse : Counter-Revolution and Revolt
Herbert Marcuse: The Aesthetic Dimension
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
The seminar will be conducted in terms of close readings, presentations, and class discussion. The seminar will provide students with the opportunity to hone their presentational and writing skills. Attendance is strictly required! Missing more than one seminar will reflect negatively on the final grade; missing more than two seminars will result in a negative grade.
The final grade will be determined in the following manner:
Class Participation: 30 %. Presentation: 70 %.
Class Participation: 30 %. Final Paper: 70 %.
The seminar will be conducted in terms of close readings, presentations, and class discussion. The seminar will provide students with the opportunity to hone their presentational and writing skills. Attendance is strictly required! Missing more than one seminar will reflect negatively on the final grade; missing more than two seminars will result in a negative grade.
The final grade will be determined in the following manner:
Class Participation: 30 %. Presentation: 70 %.
Class Participation: 30 %. Final Paper: 70 %.
Prüfungsstoff
EXAMINATION TOPICS:
The seminar participants will read and discuss the following authors and texts (all texts will be made available in electronic form on Moodle): “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (second and third version); “On the Fetish Character of Music and the Regression of Listening”; Dialectic of Enlightenment; Technology, War, and Fascism; One-Dimensional Man; “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis; Five Lectures: Psychoanalysis, Politics + Utopia; Counter-Revolution and Revolt; The Aesthetic Dimension.ASSIGNMENTS:
March 22: Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (second and third version).
April 26: Theodor W. Adorno, On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening”; “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” (from: Dialectic of Enlightenment).
May 10: Herbert Marcuse: “Some Social Implications of Modern Technology” (from: Technology, War, and Fascism); “One-Dimensional Society” (from: One-Dimensional Man).
May 11: Herbert Marcuse, “One-Dimensional Society” (from: One-Dimensional Man); Theodor W. Adorno, “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis:”
May 24: Herbert Marcuse, Five Lectures, Chapters 1 and 2.
May 25: Herbert Marcuse, Five Lectures, Chapters 3 and 4; Herbert Marcuse, Counter-Revolution and Revolt, Chapter 3.
May 31: Herbert Marcuse, The Aesthetic Dimension.
The seminar participants will read and discuss the following authors and texts (all texts will be made available in electronic form on Moodle): “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (second and third version); “On the Fetish Character of Music and the Regression of Listening”; Dialectic of Enlightenment; Technology, War, and Fascism; One-Dimensional Man; “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis; Five Lectures: Psychoanalysis, Politics + Utopia; Counter-Revolution and Revolt; The Aesthetic Dimension.ASSIGNMENTS:
March 22: Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (second and third version).
April 26: Theodor W. Adorno, On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening”; “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” (from: Dialectic of Enlightenment).
May 10: Herbert Marcuse: “Some Social Implications of Modern Technology” (from: Technology, War, and Fascism); “One-Dimensional Society” (from: One-Dimensional Man).
May 11: Herbert Marcuse, “One-Dimensional Society” (from: One-Dimensional Man); Theodor W. Adorno, “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis:”
May 24: Herbert Marcuse, Five Lectures, Chapters 1 and 2.
May 25: Herbert Marcuse, Five Lectures, Chapters 3 and 4; Herbert Marcuse, Counter-Revolution and Revolt, Chapter 3.
May 31: Herbert Marcuse, The Aesthetic Dimension.
Literatur
LITERATURE:
Reading List:
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility” (versions 2 and 3)
Theodor W. Adorno: “The Fetish Character of Music and the Regression of Listening”
Theodor W. Adorno / Max Horkheimer: Dialectic of Enlightenment
Herbert Marcuse: Technology, War, and Fascism
Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man
Theodor W. Adorno: “The Revisionist Psychoanalysis”
Herbert Marcuse: Five Lectures: Psychoanalysis, Politics + Utopia
Herbert Marcuse : Counter-Revolution and Revolt
Herbert Marcuse: The Aesthetic DimensionSelect secondary literature:
J. Abromeit: Max Horkheimer and the Foundations of the Frankfurt School.
J. Holloway: Negativity and Revolution.
D. Ingram: Critical Theory and Philosophy.
S. Jarvis: Adorno: A Critical Introduction.
M. Jay: Dialectical Imagination.
D. Kellner: Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism.
M. Paddison: Adorno, Modernism, and Mass Culture.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 12.02.2024 19:26
This seminar introduces seminal texts authored by representatives of Critical Theory. The seminar opens with an interrogation of the two versions of Walter Benjamin’s famous essay on film entitled “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility.” Adorno’s response to Benjamin’s argument will be traced in „The Fetish Character of Music and the Regression of Listening” and in “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception.” Texts by Herbert Marcuse on technology and mass media will conclude the section on media (theory). The second section contains an important text by Theodor W. Adorno concerning the revisionist betrayal of the radical impulses in Freudian psychoanalysis, as well as by Marcuse on the question of the relationship between Freudian psychoanalysis, philosophical anthropology, and (political) utopia. The last section of the seminar examines several texts by Herbert Marcuse addressing not only the relation between aesthetics and revolution, but also the surrogate function that aesthetics seems to acquire.