This course will examine the major developments in 20th Century Continental philosophy since the 1940s. After some summary attention to earlier phenomenology and existentialism, and to the central role of Martin Heidegger, we will consider later developments in phenomenology (especially Emmanuel Levinas). Then the focus will be on structuralism and post-structuralism (Saussure, Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze), and the critical theory of Habermas. Other trends might receive attention, such as French feminism, or recent Continental philosophy of religion. The course will underscore the continuing importance of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud for Continental philosophy. PHL 214 is recommended background, but is not required.