This course will examine European thought through in depth a)
Montesquieu: "The Persian Letters" b) Fourier: Selections c) Nietzsche:
Beyond Good and Evil, the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche contra Wagner"
d) Ortega y Gasset: "The Revolt of the Masses" e) Levi-Strauss, "Tristes
Tropiques: The Savage Mind" f) Barthes: "Sade, Fourier, Loyola" g)
Freaud:"Beyond the Pleasure Principle" h) Foucault: Selections.

Students will be expected to participate actively in class discussions,
give oral presentations and write and deliver a final paper.