The course comprises one core module, three optional modules, and a dissertation on a chosen topic. The core module examines the two main traditions of critical theory, the Frankfurt School and French anti-humanism, and the background of Kant, Hegel, Marx, and 19th-century European philosophy more generally.
You can attend and participate in a range of events, such as research with visiting international speakers, departmental lectures, workshops, and research seminars. You will have easy access to London's research libraries and other events.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This course is taught by leading specialists at the internationally renowned Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP).
- The course is distinctive through its study of contemporary critical theory traditions (including psychoanalytic theory, Marxism, feminist theory, and critical race theory) together with foundational texts in modern European philosophy, notably by Kant, Hegel, and Marx.
- You will study key works by influential thinkers like Gramsci, Adorno, Butler, Agamben, Deleuze, Foucault, Spivak, and many others.