The Nature of Opposites

Dip into literature, philosophy, religion, politics and culture to explore the fascinating dichotomy between binary principles and what they signify such as moral absolutes, attraction or repulsion, order or chaos. We take a team-teaching approach.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

• Opposites – Is it all black and white? (Christine Gietz)
• Europe and the Antipodes (Sonya Thompson)
• Introverts and Extroverts – Do they complement or confound? (Hugh Tranter)
• Sworn Enemies – Government and Opposition (Sonya Thompson)
• Ethical versus Moral – What’s the Difference and Does It Matter? (Sandy Killick)
• The Have and the Have Nots (Sonya Thompson)
• Chance Vs Design (Michael Taylor)
• Enlightenment vs Obscurism (Michael Taylor)
• Harmonisation of Opposites in Ancient Greek Art (Dominique Millar)
• Opposites in Literature – The Stories They Tell (Christine Gietz)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the complexity and variations across the concept of opposites
2. Engage in discussions about the nature of opposites as they occur within contexts
3. Understand the concepts of binary opposites, opposites along a continuum and polar opposites
4. Engage in discussions about opposites as concrete topics and abstract issues