Hope and Futurity (351-0-1)

Instructors

Hirokazu Miyazaki
847 4675540
1819 Hinman Ave. #110

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 224: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

What is hope? How is hope produced and lost? How is hope distributed in society? What is the relationship between individual and collective hopes? What role does hope play in the production of knowledge, imagination and religious belief? In this course, we will investigate these questions through a close examination of a full range of anthropological, sociological, liteary, philosphical, and religious explorations into hope and futurity.

Learning Objectives

• To understand specific methodological and theoretical challenges that the subject of hope poses to the social sciences and humanities;
• To evaluate the productivity of hope as an analytical category for social scientific research;
• To investigate how social scientific research may benefit from literary, philosophical and theological imagination;
• To appreciate the merit of interdisciplinary research.

Class Materials (Required)

All materials will be made available via Canvas

Class Attributes

Ethics & Values Distro Area

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Anthropology majors and minors until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone who has taken the prerequisites.