2007 OS Literature and Our PostSecular Condition

buy adipex paxil online order adipex mtv ringtones free wwe ringtones cheap tramadol phentermine ortho online norco online phentermine online zoloft online adipex cheap clonazepam didrex online mp3 ringtones clomid online rivotril alltel ringtones funny ringtones pharmacy online online online levitra free samsung ringtones free mtv ringtones cheap viagra levitra online valium online order vicodin cheap soma sonyericsson ringtones sagem ringtones cheap norco cheap phentermine lorazepam online cheap zanaflex free kyocera ringtones sharp ringtones cheap propecia free sharp ringtones samsung ringtones buy prozac valium online free mp3 ringtones cheap zyban mono ringtones ericsson ringtones buy cyclobenzaprine sagem ringtones funny ringtones viagra online buy alprazolam mp3 ringtones celexa online phentermine online free funny ringtones cheap levitra tramadol online sildenafil online wellbutrin online wellbutrin online order lorazepam zanaflex buy pharmacy online cheap norco cheap adipex free real ringtones propecia online hydrocodone free sony ericsson ringtones kyocera ringtones didrex online motorola ringtones meridia online ativan online propecia online fioricet online free sagem ringtones levitra online buy carisoprodol order lorazepam jazz ringtones free mono ringtones sony ringtones free free ringtones online pharmacy carisoprodol online pharmacy online online viagra online free real ringtones punk ringtones free sony ringtones cheap lorazepam didrex online free qwest ringtones free punk ringtones zanaflex online alltel ringtones real ringtones buy norco cyclobenzaprine cheap lisinopril carisoprodol online ericsson ringtones buy zyban punk ringtones cheap phentermine cheap lisinopril online vicodin cingular ringtones zanaflex online cheap sildenafil cheap valium cheap vigrx order norco zoloft online pharmacy online albuterol online free verizon ringtones mp3 ringtones cheap wellbutrin music ringtones rivotril lorazepam online punk ringtones wellbutrin online free sprint ringtones cheap diazepam carisoprodol online free music ringtones cheap nexium pharmacy online online vigrx online zanaflex online flexeril free nextel ringtones paxil online hoodia online sonyericsson ringtones cheap soma free real ringtones lortab free music ringtones mtv ringtones but clonazepam qwest ringtones buy sildenafil tramadol online paxil online hoodia online free sonyericsson ringtones cheap sildenafil wellbutrin online buy tramadol free verizon ringtones free sony ringtones order ambien soma online free qwest ringtones online cialis music ringtones order tenuate buy diazepam free punk ringtones cheap diethylpropion sprint ringtones cheap vicodin buy vigrx cialis online alltel ringtones free nextel ringtones cheap sildenafil norco online paxil online nextel ringtones sagem ringtones buy xanax verizon ringtones cialis online free cingular ringtones online xanax diazepam online zyban online paxil online polyphonic ringtones xanax online free cingular ringtones valium free motorola ringtones cheap viagra free ringtones free cool ringtones free jazz ringtones cheap ultram nokia ringtones buy diazepam sonyericsson ringtones order lortab free funny ringtones order zyban sprint ringtones but hydrocodone ==Re-Scheduling our Seminar from Monday, April 30, onwards== Please Note: From Monday, April 30, 2007, onwards, our seminar will be taking place at the new time of Monday, 10-12 h. Our venue will remain the same: A10 1-121a. Note also: The meeting on Wed, April 25, at 18-20 h will still take place as planned.

Course Description

Oberseminar / Kolloquium Kirchhofer (mit Simons): Literature and our (Post)Secular Condition, Mi 18-20

Our point of departure will be the sudden and massive critical interest which the topic of religion has found lately. Is religion really about to “replace the triumvirate of race, class and gender as the center of intellectual energy in the academy” as Stanley Fish has predicted? Will the ‘postmodern condition’ give way to a ‘postsecular condition’? And what might be the consequences for the secular self-conception of Western societies and for the role which literature has had in this self-conception? Our seminar offers an opportunity to address these questions both in a current and a historical perspective. We will look at the recent theoretical attention which the religious and the secular have received (the choice ranges from Foucault, Derrida or Habermas to ethnologists like Talal Asad), but we propose also to explore historical perspectives that extend between Jonathan Swift’s A Tale of a Tub (1704) and Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses (1988). Our precise programme will be agreed on at the beginning of the semester. This course is open to students who have an interest in current issues in criticism and theory. It may also be used in order to prepare one topic for an oral exam. Please note: enrolment is not via Stud.IP. Please register in person.

April 25, 2007

• Asad, Formations of the Secular Intro
• Stanley Fish "One University, Under God?", The Chronicle of Higher Education 51:18 (January 7, 2005).

April 30, 2007

Canceled

May 7, 2007

• Swift, Abolishing of Christianity

May 14, 2007

• Pierre Daniel Huet, Treatise on the Origin of Romances (Paris, 1670).

May 21, 2007

Christopher Saur, a German Printer in Philadelphia.

• Klare und gewisse Wahrheit Ps. 119. v. 160. Titum 1, 9. Betreffend den eigendlichen Zustand, so wohl der wahren friedliebenden Christen und Gottesfürchtigen, als auch der verfallenen, Streit- oder Kriegs-Süchtigen, zusammt ihrer beyder Hoffnung und Ausgang (Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1747)
• Plain Truth 1747?

June 4, 2007

Wiliam Blake's Milton

June 11, 2007

George Eliot's Middlemarch and Auguste Comte, Session 1

June 18, 2007

George Eliot and Auguste Comte, Session 2

• Comte's "Calendrier Positiviste" from 1854, (poor quality, sorry Joern Esch 14:41, 15 June 2007 (CEST))

• Comte: Rede über den Geist des Positivismus, 1956. Table of Contents

The "Calendrier..." can be found in a cleaned version here - at least it is better legible and seems identical after a short glance: Le calendrier positiviste --Nico Zorn 23:34, 16 June 2007 (CEST)

June 25, 2007

• Foucault, Michel: Iran. The Spirit of a World without Spirit.(Interview from 1979)

Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Session 1

As you might have heard, Salman Rushdie has been knighted recently. His knighthood has attracted several controversies. If you are interested in that, here are some links to some recent Guardian articles. These are organised chronologically:

• "Literary world applauds Rushdie knighthood":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2104513,00.html

• "Rushdie knighthood 'justifies suicide attacks'":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2105740,00.html

• "Rushdie honour insults Islam, Iran says":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2105363,00.html

• "Rushdie knighthood rekindles 18-year-old controversy":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2106133,00.html

• "Rushdie furore stuns honours committee":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2106966,00.html

• Letters: "Fatwas and literary freedoms":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2107590,00.html

• "Reid cites Life of Brian over Rushdie award":

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2107872,00.html

July 2, 2007

Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Session 2

July 9, 2007

Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Session 3

July 16, 2007

Jacques Derrida's Religious Thinking

• Derrida, Jacques: Faith and Knowledge. The two "Sources" of Religion at the Limits of Reason alone, 1998

Reading Materials

• Fish "One University, Under God?"