The Aesthetics of Compassion

College
Instructor(s)
Course Code ICH5751HF
Semester First Semester
Section 9101
Online Yes
Credits One Credit
Location Online – Synchronous
Description

In light of recent renewed interest in the meanings and mechanisms of empathy in such areas as ethics, visual studies, and the philosophy of the mind, this course examines the place and role of compassion in the development of the Western aesthetics tradition. Considering a range of art theoretical texts, literature, and images for which the theme of compassion has been thought able to account for certain of the emotional and cognitive links that exist between artwork and its audience.

Schedule Thu
Start Time 10:00
End Time 13:00
Hours Per Week 3
Minimum Enrolment 5
Maximum Enrolment 15
Enrolment Notes

Students need to contact the ICS Registrar at academic-registrar@icscanada.edu to complete registration

Additional Notes

Additional Evaluation: seminar presentation.

Students must follow the TST program handbook regulations relating to course deadlines for submission of course work and requests for extensions. The prima facie deadline for the completion of work in a course is the last day of the TST examination week for the semester in which the course is taken. Students and instructors are bound by the earlier of deadlines set either by the instructor or TST. Where the policy of the affiliate college, in relation to courses listed in the TST Course Catalogue, differ from TST policies, the policy of TST will apply.

Teaching Method
Lectures
Seminars
Readings
Means of Evaluation
Class Participation
Research Paper
Other
Previously Offered Winter 2017
Currently Offered Fall 2020