The Self Under Siege: Philosophy in the 20th Century

This set of 8 lectures examines from a philosophical perspective the self under siege from the start of modernity to the beginnings of the postmodern age in the late twentieth century Topics of lectures include: The Masters of Suspicion; Heigegger and the Rejection of Humanism; Habermas; Focault and the disappearance of the human; Derrida and the ends of man; Fatal Strategies.