GERM 352: THE POLITICS OF THE FLESH
Fall 2025 · Section 001 · CRN 14586
This course will introduce students to the complex relation between the sphere of politics and the human body as negotiated in German literature, thought and film. We will examine the practices of power that states wield toward the maximization of “life” and discuss such pressing issues as biopower, eugenics, racism, sexism and genocide. Taught in English.
- Credits
- 3
- Instructors
- Martin Blumenthal-Barby