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Philosophy of Love in the Western World

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Introduction - Singer, Irving. “Marriage: Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex.” In Sex: A Philosophical Primer .
  • Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. ix-43.
  • Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. 44-107.
  • Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. 108-176.
  • Bédier, Joseph. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. (Entire)
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner. pp. 17-56, 139-92.
  • Molière. Don Juan. (Entire)
  • Shaw, George Bernard. Man and Superman . Preface plus “Don Juan in Hell” Scene in Act III.
  • Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion . Entire, including Preface and Afterword.
  • Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. 105-67.
  • Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. ix-xiii, 1-45.
  • Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. 47-104, 217-24.

Readings

  • Bédier, Joseph. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult . New York: Vintage Books, 1994. ISBN: 0679750169.
    Required
  • Molière. Don Juan . Translated by Neil Bartlett. London: Oberon, 2004. ISBN: 1840024399.
    Required
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner . New York: Vintage Books, 1967. ISBN: 0394703693.
    Required
  • Shaw, George Bernard. George Bernard Shaw’s Plays . 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002. ISBN: 0393977536.
    Required
  • Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex . Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001. ISBN: 074251238X.
    Required
  • ———. The Pursuit of Love . Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. ISBN: 0801852404.
    Required
  • ———. “Marriage: Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex.” In Sex: A Philosophical Primer. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004. ISBN: 0742512371.
    Required
  • ———. “Two Essays on the Don Juan Myth in Molière.” MIT Publications in the Humanities, 1972.
    Required
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