Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Autumn Quarter 2009
• Winter Quarter 2010

Stacey C. Moran
CHID 250
Seattle Campus

Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

Examines a different subject or problem from a comparative framework. Satisfies the Group A major/minor requirement. Offered: AWSp.

Class description

CHID 250: The Idea of Metamorphosis This course will focus on various texts which involve transformations of one kind or another. We will look both to literature (ancient and modern) and philosophy to explore questions surrounding the existence of many strange and wonderful creatures: shape-shifters, becomings-animal, trans- and post-humanists, and misanthropic monsters.

Texts include: Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Ovid, Metamorphosis, Kafka, Metamorphosis Sterling, Schismatrix Haraway, “Cyborg Manifesto” Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus Maturana and Varela, Autopoiesis and Cognition

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Recommended preparation

No prerequisites

Class assignments and grading

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Modified:November 5, 2009