Order and Disorder

0.5 credits · Graduate

The fundamental distinction between order and disorder has been an obsession among cultural theorists for more than a generation, affecting debates over artistic research, technology and culture, politics, environment, and the media. As we head into a future that many perceive to be marked by growing disorder, there is a corresponding demand to supplement our methods of evaluating relations of power and control beyond conventional solutions and beyond seemingly inevitable violence. This course examines order and disorder from a selection of texts by key thinkers in the field.