理論專題研究

The course will focus on selective topics in contemporary critical thinking to map out a trajectory moving from the subjectival imprints of language and politics to something bigger and harder than the subject itself to probe into the potentiality and actuality of the future humans and society. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin.

1. Students have to apply for a NCTU o365 account (which should appear like xxxx@o365.nctu.edu.tw) to join our course channel on Microsoft Teams (email with the suffix other than “@o365.nctu.edu.tw” will not be able to join the NCTU Teams). The NCTU o365 account application page can be found at: https://g.nctu.edu.tw/signin.php 2. Use the code “cs8cvbd” to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams

1. Intro 2. Julia Kristeva, pp.21-45 3. Julia Kristeva, pp.46-61, 68-72, 86-89 4. Louis Althusser, pp.127-158 5. Louis Althusser, pp.159-186 6. optional 7. Alain Badiou, pp.21-31 8. mid-term exam 9. Catherine Malabou, pp.1-42 10. Catherine Malabou, pp.42-82 11. Quentin Meillassoux, pp.3-24 12. Quentin Meillassoux, pp.24-42 13. Alan Turing, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence“ 14. Yuval Noah Harari, “The Time Bomb in the Laboratory,” (part of) “The Great Decoupling,”“The World After Coronavirus” 15. Anna Jobin et al., “The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines“ 16. final

Weekly in-class oral report with written outline and critique 30% Mid-term exam and/or project 30% Final project 40%

(all the books will later appear on our library’s reserved shelf, other handouts will be uploaded to our course channel on Teams) Julia Kristeva, *Revolution in Poetic Language.* Louis Althusser, *Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.* Alain Badiou in *What is a People?* Quentin Meillassoux, *Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction.* Catherine Malabou, *What Should We Do with Our Brain?*