CLASS DISCUSSION SCHEDULE
PART I: FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900)
Discussion 1
Discussion 2
Discussion 3
Discussion 4
Discussion 5
PART II: EMMANUEL LEVINAS (1906–1995)
Discussion 6
Discussion 7
Discussion 8
Discussion 9
Discussion 10
PART I: FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900)
Discussion 1
- Topics: Class Overview, Defining Our Terms, Nietzsche Biography
Discussion 2
- Topics: Nietzsche On the History of Morality, The Two Types of Morality, and “Ressentiment”
- Reading: On the Genealogy of Morals, 15-23; 24-27, 33-46 [Preface: 1-8; 1st Essay: 1-3, 7-13].
Discussion 3
- Topics: Nietzsche on “Good vs. Bad” / “Good vs. Evil” and the Origin of the “Bad Conscience”
- Reading: On the Genealogy of Morals, 46-56; 84-96 [1st Essay: 14-17; 2nd Essay: 16-24].
Discussion 4
- Topics: Nietzsche on the Commonwealth, the Will to Power, “Creditor-Debtor Relationship,” and Altruistic Morality
- Reading: On the Genealogy of Morals, 46-56; 84-96 [1st Essay: 14-17; 2nd Essay: 16-24].
Discussion 5
- Topics: Nietzsche on Ascetic Ideals, “Truth Claims,” Science, the Value in Art, Meaning, and Suffering
- Reading: On the Genealogy of Morals, 148-156, 162-163 [3rd Essay: 24-25; 28].
PART II: EMMANUEL LEVINAS (1906–1995)
Discussion 6
- Topics: Levinas Biography and Views on the “Ethical Relation,” Human Freedom, and Obligation to the Other
- Reading: Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism, 16-23.
Discussion 7
- Topics: Reconciling Particularism with Universalism, Divine and Human
- Reading: Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism, 16-23.
Discussion 8
- Topics: Levinas on Speech/Discourse, The “Face,” and Human Responsibility
- Reading: Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, 194-204; 215-219.
Discussion 9
- Topics: Discourse as “Rupture and Commencement” / The “Interpersonal” as “Asymmetrical”
- Reading: Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, 194-204; 215-219.
Discussion 10
- Topics: Concluding Reflections & Review of Nietzsche and Levinas