Universität Wien
Warning! The directory is not yet complete and will be amended until the beginning of the term.

180061 SE Leslie Feinberg (2023W)

Intersectional Approaches towards Transgender Liberation, Class, Race and Colonialism

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Hinweis der SPL Philosophie:

Das Abgeben von ganz oder teilweise von einem KI-tool (z.B. ChatGPT) verfassten Texten als Leistungsnachweis (z.B. Seminararbeit) ist nur dann erlaubt, wenn dies von der Lehrveranstaltungsleitung ausdrücklich als mögliche Arbeitsweise genehmigt wurde. Auch hierbei müssen direkt oder indirekt zitierte Textstellen wie immer klar mit Quellenangabe ausgewiesen werden.

Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung kann zur Überprüfung der Autorenschaft einer abgegebenen schriftlichen Arbeit ein notenrelevantes Gespräch (Plausibilitätsprüfung) vorsehen, das erfolgreich zu absolvieren ist.
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The class on 17.01.2024 is canceled due to illness.

  • Thursday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Thursday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

First of all: The teaching languages are German and English.

In this seminar we will turn to several different works by Leslie Feinberg. The focus will be on the book "Transgender Warriors" and "Rainbow Solidarity". In addition, other texts will be used to contextualize theories of history, resistance, and politics.
The seminar is primarily concerned with discussing the significance of minoritized groups' own historiography using the example of transgender and queer people, and in doing so, to take a look at whose texts, thoughts and statements are considered scholarly and which are not.
It is thus about forming or deepening a critical consciousness; understanding, questioning, rewriting structures of our societies.

Assessment and permitted materials

In the class, additional to the primary texts, one of the supplementary texts is to be read, which will be described in 3-5 pages and presented in class. The point of this is to create a preliminary work for the final essay and to face criticism and follow-up questions from others. In addition, there will be a session in the second part of the semester after the end of the year in which everyone can think together about ideas for a final paper. The focus of this session will be on what a philosophical question is and how to approach it. After the seminar, a final paper will be written during the lecture-free period.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In order to pass the class, you must at least hand in all the texts on the agreed dates, evaluate them as sufficient (4) and attend the seminar consistently.
you can find the evaluation standard here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:f7ed9b18-0b98-38f4-87ec-a98a11a9d826

Examination topics

The contents discussed in class.

Reading list

Leslie Feinberg: Transgender Warriors. Making History from Joan of Arc to Marsha P. Johnson and Beyond, Beacon Press, Boston, 1996.
: Trans Liberation. Beyond Pink and Blue, Beacon Press, Boston, 1998.
: Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba, https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdf , 2004.
Additional:

Friedrich Engels: Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats. Im Anschluß an Lewis H. Morgans Forschungen, Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin, 1962, (MEW 21).
Magnus Hirschfeld: Berlins Drittes Geschlecht. Schwule und Lesben um 1900. Verlag Rosa Winkel, 1904.
Karl Marx: Das Kapital. Kritik der polititschen Ökonomie, Erster Band, Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 11. Auflage 1962 (MEW 23).
Cedric J. Robinson: Black Marxism. The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, Peguin Classics, London, 1983.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: As We Have Always Done. Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance, University Press Minnesota, Minneapolis & London, 2017.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 10.12.2024 08:26