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An ongoing discussion of ideas that are currently dominating European thought. This year we will continue our exploration of differing positions on the nature of the subject, how these affect ideas about objectivity, and the...
Hours of study:Part-time day
Mary Ward Centre
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Many more people read and study philosophy than would call themselves philosophers. Recent innovations in philosophical practice do more than acknowledge this fact, actively soliciting practitioners who will engage the...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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An ongoing collaborative duscussion of philosophical ideas dominating contemporary European thought. Such discussion is based on the primary texts of the major thinkers. This year we are continuing with the ideas of Badiou....
Hours of study:Weekend
Mary Ward Centre
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This course covers: What did London look like between 886 and 1500, Where and how Londoners live, What did they eat and drink, How did they enjoy themselves and where did they go shopping, What illnesses did they suffer...
Hours of study:Part-time day
Mary Ward Centre
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A course examining some of the most challenging philosophical ideas of the past two centuries - from Kant and Hegel, through Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre, to Heidegger, Derrida and...
Hours of study:Part-time day | Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Not just an examination of the questions that preoccupied the pre-socratic philosophers or Plato and Aristotle, we will trace how these questions still resonate in contemporary...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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The borders between Christendom and the Islamic world have shifted for over a millennium, and at several key moments has erupted into war. The Crescent and the examines several turning points in religious...
Hours of study:Part-time day
Mary Ward Centre
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Six London hospitals are within a mile of the Mary Ward Centre. Meet some of the people and places associated with these and other historic London hospitals as we explore how Londoners have coped with sickness and health...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Which river runs through Sloane Square tube station? How far could you sail up the River Fleet? Where can you smell a lost river in Pimlico? Some 12 rivers flow through London, and many have been crucial for power,...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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The lives of Henry II and his sons make for fascinating reading. Henry is remembered for his legal reforms, marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine and the murder of Becket. Richard is revered as a military tactician and crusader...
Hours of study:Part-time day
Mary Ward Centre
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Throughout history, thinkers have tried to understand what happens between, and to, human beings as they work, consume, exchange, and seek to better their social position through the acquisition of material goods. On this...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Following in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed BBC series 'A History of Ancient Britain' we will look at the prehistory of Britain from c12,000BC to the arrival of Julius Caesar in...
Hours of study:Weekend
Mary Ward Centre
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Focusing on the Madre de Dios region of Peru, we will explore the history of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples of the area, ranging from their mythology and understanding of their world, to their struggle for land rights...
Hours of study:Part-time day
Mary Ward Centre
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If 'history is bunk' then archaeology is about the junk! The ordinary people of the past can, and do, have something to day to us - through the physical remains of their lives and societies. This fantastic subject is about...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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An introduction to world prehistory across the globe from the evolution of humans to the emergence of written...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Logic has been central to philosophy since the ancient Greeks. It is not just an essential tool, but a source of questions about the foundations of our knowledge. How can we use it effectively, what are its limitations and...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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The beauty and grandeur of mathematics has inspired philosophers from the pre-Socratics to the post-structuralists and beyond. We will shed light on a number of mathematical ideas that have attracted philosophical attention...
Hours of study:Weekend
Mary Ward Centre
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This course covers: What is poverty, Is it an inevitable evil, Are all kinds of poverty bad. We will discuss these and other issues concerning the origin, nature and forms of poverty from the perspectives of economics as...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Explore some of the most important ideas, themes and thinkers in the history of Western philosophy. Learn about some of the central problems of philosophy, and how to puzzle them out for...
Hours of study:Part-time evening
Mary Ward Centre
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Myth-making of the French Revolution, Napoleon and the rise of nation states is symbolised in the 19th century art movement known as Romantic Nationalism. We will look at how it was used to 'create'...
Hours of study:Weekend
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