German and Philosophy

About this course

German and philosophy is a pairing with unusually deep intellectual coherence. The German-speaking world produced a disproportionate share of the most important philosophical writing of the last three centuries, from Kant and Hegel through Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein to the Frankfurt School and beyond. Studying German gives you direct access to that tradition in its original language, while studying philosophy gives you the analytical and critical tools to engage with it rigorously. The combination also opens the full breadth of German literary, cultural, and political life, which has itself been shaped by philosophical currents to an unusual degree. At University College London, this four-year degree develops your linguistic competence in German to a high level while simultaneously building your philosophical knowledge across the main areas of the discipline, including ethics, po

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