Lying about the Past

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this seminar course we will put our collective thinking-caps on and reflect on the discipline of history. We will read classic texts from philosophy on the uses and abuses of history as well as more modern historical theory. Central to our inquiry will be the question of how history can reflect what is true and how it can and should create knowledge (and therefore meaning). Topics include Nietzsche, the construction of narrative, the Holocaust, and History in non-print media like video games and film.