The University of California at Santa Cruz (America's Wackiest University) actually has a department called History of Consciousness (as opposed to the history of unconsciousness). If you are wondering what this course of study is all about, here is their description from their website (linked below):
http://histcon.ucsc.edu/
"The History of Consciousness Department offers a Ph.D. program that operates at the intersection of established and emergent disciplines and fields, acquainting students with leading intellectual trends in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Intellectual projects are problem based and draw upon diverse theoretical approaches. The major categories listed below have characterized work in the department over its more than 40 year history; faculty and student research projects typically fall within more than one of these categories. Fields and disciplines listed within these categories represent areas of specific current interest in the department, though we support student projects that move beyond the listed areas.
That's what I said.
And the classes! Here's one I found from a previous quarter. (Freak Shows)
http://histcon.ucsc.edu/courses/index.php?detail=y&strm=2118&class_nbr=22648
From this point on, I'll let the reader check out the courses and professor bios. I'll give you a hint. They are so far to the left, if they were sitting in Wrigley Field, they would be sitting in the Steve Bartman seats.
Can't get any farther left than that.
(Bad memories)
Memo to UC president Mark Yudof:
Looking to save some money?
wow! the nations's first Ph.D. in liberal arts
ReplyDeleteI don't hardly think that's "left," after all, it has nothing to do with any notion of "working class," but with a Ph.D in "History of Consciousness" and a few months at a truck driving school, one could be making good money.
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