{"id":20933,"date":"2021-10-18T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2023-10-19T05:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T05:04:16","slug":"individuality-and-individualism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/winter-dcx\/individuality-and-individualism","title":{"rendered":"Individuality &amp; Individualism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/10\/individual-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25345\" style=\"width:842px;height:187px\" width=\"842\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/10\/individual-banner.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/10\/individual-banner-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/10\/individual-banner-600x133.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 32%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">a Discovery Core Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This course may be taken as either <strong>BCORE 115 (Social Sciences)<\/strong> or <strong>BCORE 117 (Arts &amp; Humanities)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/NSc-AH-combo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25090 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An essential aspect of living a good life is discovering a sense of individuality. The struggle to understand our unique identities and the striving to leave a legacy in the world through self-realization and self-creation is difficult, but extremely rewarding. The process of individualization is especially intense and exhilarating during one\u2019s college years, when many of us experience true independence for the first time and begin thinking seriously about our life plans and goals. \u201cIndividualism\u201d refers to the moral, political, and ideological positioning of the individual in society, both as a locus of inherent rights and as an object of emancipation. While individualism is an undoubtedly important feature of the modern world, excessive individualism in contemporary society is deeply problematic and closely related to social inequality, weak communities, thin moral obligations to others. What happens to shared rules, values, norms, customs and traditions if we only think about ourselves and our own orbit? This class will explore tensions inherent in becoming an individual and provide an extended meditation on the beneficial and harmful aspects of individualism as a cultural, political, philosophical, and social phenomenon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor Jason Frederick Lambacher (He\/Him\/His)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/lambacher-photo-greenlake-Jason-F-Lambacher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24939 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/lambacher-photo-greenlake-Jason-F-Lambacher.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/lambacher-photo-greenlake-Jason-F-Lambacher-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Professor Lambacher <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Political Science, University of Washington 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Office: Truly House<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone: (206) 307-4563<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jlambach@uw.edu\">jlambach@uw.edu <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a Discovery Core Experience This course may be taken as either BCORE 115 (Social Sciences) or BCORE 117 (Arts &amp; Humanities) About This Course An essential aspect of living a good life is discovering a sense of individuality. 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