Seminar, three hours. Advanced course in critical theory, drawing on wide range of approaches and methods, from anthropology, art, history, literature, performance, philosophy, and political theory. Variable topics are set annually. Includes canonical thinkers (e.g., J. Butler, J. Derrida, M. Detienne, G. Dumézil, F. Héritier, B. Latour, C. Lévi-Strauss, A. Mbembe, E. Renan, M. Strathern) and contemporary critics (e.g., E. Apter, B. Cassin, E. Coccia, S. Bachir Diagne, W. Chi Dimock, P. Frankopan, S. Hartman, L. Lowe, J. Osterhammel, J.-F. Schaub, G. Spivak, E. Viveiros de Castro). S/U or letter grading.