Philosophy alumnus gives lessons in the history of critical theory in philosophy online

Methodology

Duration : 2h/ lesson, the complete course will take 12 lessons - Price : $25.00 - Place : DetroitI am a philosophy alumnus who has published many critical works in aesthetics and philosophy both in Persian and English. I have taught this course to some students and have received positive feedback, so the syllabus is tested with regard to my teaching experience in dialogue with students of different backgrounds. The course is structured in a way to cover the history of rationalism as an introduction to the critical theory on the other.
Topics which will be covered in this course:
1- Philosophy and the essence of truth in Plato
2- scientific and artistic experience of the world viewed from a platonic worldview.
3- Superstition, myth, and scientific worldview: from Platonism to rationalism.
4- Romanticism and the philosophy of art.
5- Kant on "What is enlightenment?".
6- the meaning of "critique" according to Kant.
7- critical theory after Kant:
7-1 The meaning of ideology revisited.
7-2- Marxism as a critique of political economy
7-3 Marxism as a critique of ideology
8- Materialism v.s. Idealism
9- the thinkers of Frankfourt School
10- Feminism
10-1- the Other Sex and the later movements
10-2- Who is a Marxist feminist
11- Socialism and its critics.