Overview
This unit considers the way authority bearing practices are communicated and experienced. It also looks at the historical and conceptual difficulties involved in identifying and contesting false authority.
The unit will focus primarily on Michel Foucault's writing on these topics. We will start with his treatment of language in The … For more content click the Read More button below.
Rules
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Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Professor Alison Ross
Unit Coordinator(s)
Professor Alison Ross
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
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Understand major developments in social ontology
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Be able to analyse and critically discuss key texts in the literature
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Have gained expertise in Speech-Act Theory and the pragmatics of communication, and appreciate their application to topics in social & political philosophy and ethics
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Demonstrate the capacity to interpret and evaluate important concepts, arguments and texts, as well as to put forward ideas and arguments of their own in a clear and cogent way
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment
1 - Presentation
2 - Essay
3 - Other
Workload requirements
Workload
Availability in areas of study
Philosophy