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So I enrolled in this Humanities class; it's called Global Humanities: Atheism in Creativity, Thought, and Inspiration Traditions. I'm basically going off of the title and a two-sentence blurb about it. Anybody know what I should expect? I checked out the professor on ratemyprofessor.com, and she seems to be fairly well-liked. I just don't know what the actual curriculum will be like.
Probably the entire course could be reduced to: "You can think more clearly when you aren't restricting yourself by subscription to dogma."
This is social studies, so the Prof will be challenged to fill an entire semester with variations on that one concept.
Oh, the humanities!
It might be fun if the teacher is entertaining.
We'll see. I'm starting to wonder if I should drop it and take something else. I mean, it sounded cool when I signed up, but now I'm wondering what could possibly be said that's really new and Earth-shattering. "Here's what philosophers say about godlessness. And here's what some other smart people say about it. Oh, and here's a poem, written by an atheist."
We'll see. I'm starting to wonder if I should drop it and take something else. I mean, it sounded cool when I signed up, but now I'm wondering what could possibly be said that's really new and Earth-shattering. "Here's what philosophers say about godlessness. And here's what some other smart people say about it. Oh, and here's a poem, written by an atheist."
Find out what textbook is being used and take a look at the table of contents.
This academic and non-sectarian course emphasizes the historical
and cultural frameworks of atheism. It takes a basic, integrated
humanities approach to global non-religious traditions. The course
analyzes a broad range of visual and performance arts, as well as
literary documents, that explore diverse atheist philosophies over
time and around the world. It reviews the difference between atheism
and related conceptual traditions in creative expression. The course
studies works and ideas comparatively, analyzing their relation to
their contexts and to their impacts.
We'll see. I'm starting to wonder if I should drop it and take something else. I mean, it sounded cool when I signed up, but now I'm wondering what could possibly be said that's really new and Earth-shattering. "Here's what philosophers say about godlessness. And here's what some other smart people say about it. Oh, and here's a poem, written by an atheist."
I would definitely take it, but that is because I'm lazy and this is exactly the sort of course I could always slide through with little effort and still get a top grade. Heck, no matter what sort of essay you get assigned to write, you could probably dig through the archives of this board and find it already written.
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