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PHIL 4408

Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Philosophy · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2022

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What the challenge rank is made of

64thMore challenging than 64% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

In this course, we will explore the sources, forms, and implications of the concept of alienation, as this emerged in the nineteenth century and developed over twentieth century philosophy. We will start, in the first part of the course, with an overview of the challenges brought about by Kant's philosophy with particular regard to the relation between nature and freedom. Particular attention will be given to the role of education and the re-evaluation of the finitude of human spirit in Fichte, Schiller, and Hegel. We will examine how the concept of alienation is related to the principle of moral autonomy, and how the ideal of self-determination advocated by philosophers of German Idealism shaped pedagogical programs of social and political reform. In the second part of the course, we will explore the relation between alienation and reification in social and political philosophy, starting with Marx and continuing with Arendt and the Frankfurt School. This theoretical journey will offer the basis to investigate alienation in relation to self-estrangement, environmental racism, and gender discrimination in selected classics of the twentieth century. We will also consider ways of resisting alienation by applying methodological frameworks inspired by Lugones' concept of world-traveling.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Elisa MagriAssociate Professor · Philosophy Provisional	982 records	78th	64th

There is no ranking to read here: Elisa Magri is the only instructor with evaluation records for PHIL 4408, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Elisa Magri

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHIL 1071Philosophy of the Person II	71247 records	84
PHIL 1070Philosophy of the Person I	65207 records	82
PHIL 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	39144 records	87
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	33107 records	85
PHIL 6250Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit	13 records	94
PHIL 5888ALIENATION AS A PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM	11 record	86

Other PHIL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHIL 1071Philosophy of the Person II	71247 records	84
PHIL 1070Philosophy of the Person I	65207 records	82
PHIL 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	39144 records	87
PHIL 1089Person and Social Responsibility II	20104 records	88
PHIL 1088Person and Social Responsibility I	1969 records	88
PHIL 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	3067 records	84

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9778th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9667th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9672nd pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9661st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9467th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9465th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9457th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8935th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9573rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9467th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9364th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9467th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Elisa Magri	Fall 2022	01	97	88	60
Elisa Magri	Spring 2022	01	100	93	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.