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HDS 3256

The Shock of the New

Michael D. Jackson

Description

This course will explore the impact of unprecedented events, overwhelming experiences and radical technological innovation on both human beings and the lifeworlds to which they belong. It will review some of the epistemological, ethical, social and existential quandaries that constitute what Robert Hughes calls "the shock of the new," as well as the conceptual and ritual strategies whereby people struggle to accommodate or protest massive changes to their lives. Interpretive perspectives will be drawn from psychology, philosophy, ethnography, biology and biomedicine, while specific empirical cases will consider new media of communication and information processing, new genetic technologies, medical crises (disabilities, organ transplantation, trauma and epidemic disease), culture contact and culture shock.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
Tu., 10-12
Andover Hall, Room 103

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Religion and the Social Sciences
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Non-Tradition Specific
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Pastoral Care and Counseling
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 3
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a