Linking key philosophical and psychoanalytical concepts to social phenomena including popular culture and political struggle allows for a re-evaluation of the scientific method as well as of ideology. This is especially revealing when applied to societies believed to be beyond ideology.

Hosted by: Program in Comparative and World Literature

In conjunction with: Department of English, Department of French, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of Political Science, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Program in Art History, Program for the Study of Religion, Russian and East European Center, Unit for Cinema Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory