6 ECTS credits
178 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4011557FER for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Marc Van Den Bossche (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course focuses on the work of British-Polish sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman. Some lessons will also be devoted to the thinking of Michel Foucault. In Bauman's work, the question of the foreigner is central and so is the problem of dehumanization through exclusion. For this reason it is also important to consider what Michel Foucault teaches us by trying to think from the margin: who and what is referred to the margin of 'normality' and what does this say about our society, characterized by Bauman as a 'liquid society'.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Vreemde wereld, Zygmunt Bauman over samenleven in vloeibare tijden, Marc Van den Bossche, ASP, 9789057187551, 2018
Practical course material (Required) : De studenten kiezen verplicht zelf nog een eigen boek of enkele teksten in overleg met de titularis
Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can process the text material provided by the course independently. The student obtains his/her research results independently.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Op het examen brengen studenten verslag uit van hun eigen onderzoek naar het denken van Foucault. Het staat hen vrij een boek of enkele teksten van Foucault te kiezen en eventueel het daar behandelde thema (waanzin, de kliniek, macht, verzet, levenskunst, seksualiteit...)verder uit te werken aan de hand van andere lectuur.

Additional info regarding evaluation

De student brent verslag uit over eigen lectuur van werk van Michel Foucault en krijgt twee vragen te beantwoorden over Zygmunt Bauman.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Ethics and Humanism (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Philosophy (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Sociology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Research Master of Philosophy: Standaard traject
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: History (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Art History and Heritage Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Philosophy (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Ethics and Humanism (only offered in Dutch)