Program Overview

College of Arts

The College of Arts is a vibrant community of scholars, artists, and thinkers.

Departments and Schools

The College of Arts comprises several departments and schools, including:

• School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
• School of Fine Art and Music
• School of Languages and Literatures
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Interdisciplinary Programs

Centres, Institutes and Labs

The College of Arts is home to a number of research centres, institutes, and labs, including:

• Centre for Scottish Studies
• Grounded and Engaged Theory Lab (GET)
• Interdisciplinary Design Lab
• The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
• The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab (THINC)
• The School of Fine Art & Music Print Study Collection

Selected Topics II (PHIL*6940)

Details

Globalization has shrunk the distance between different communities and increased contact among people, making state boundaries more and more insufficient to govern claims of justice exclusively. Along these lines, we are witnessing the rise of transnational and cosmopolitan political agencies and actors. In this course, we will be examining the history of the nation-state and its development in order to see whether, in confronting the pressures of globalization, it can survive or will be replaced by "postnational" regimes. In doing so, we will start with Kant's Political Writing to situate the founding moment of the republican state and its association with other states at the international level toward the end of cosmopolitan order. We will follow this discussion with Habermas' Inclusion of the Other to see if the nation-state has exhausted its potentials.

Course Information

• Code and section: PHIL694001
• Term: Winter 2020
• Instructor: Omid Payrow Shabani

Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as research opportunities in various areas of philosophy.

• Courses
• Areas of Research
• People
• Why study philosophy?
  • Philosophy and Law School
• Undergraduate Studies
• Graduate Studies
• Speaker Series
• Conferences
• Inclusion and Equity
• Resources