Richard Kover
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Arts - Psychology Dept
- kover@ualberta.ca
Courses
PHIL 366 - Computers and Culture
Cultural, social, ethical and political issues arising from the computer revolution and new digital technologies.
PSYCH 432 - Psychological Studies of Dreaming
An overview of dream studies, including the psychology of dreaming, dreaming and cognition, personality and dreaming, therapeutic dream use, and dreams in art and culture. Prerequisite: one of PSYCH 223, 233, 241, 333, or 341. [Faculty of Arts]
PSYCH 436 - Psychology of Self-Estrangement
Basic description of self-deception and self-estrangement in psychoanalytic and existential humanistic theories. Discussion of basic determinants of self-deception and, alternatively, self-awareness, as well as considerations of the methods of inquiry appropriate to the area. Prerequisite: One of PSYCH 223, 233, 241, 333, or 341. [Faculty of Arts]
PSYCH 505 - Conference Course in Psychology
[Faculty of Science]
STS 200 - Introduction to Studies in Science, Technology and Society
An examination of the interrelations of science, technology, society and environment, emphasizing an interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences perspective. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in INT D 200.
STS 210 - Environment, Science, Culture, and Values
An examination of the interrelations between human cultural frameworks and environmental issues, emphasizing an interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences perspective.
Featured Publications
T.R. Kover
New York. 2019 June; The Discourse and Rhetoric of Oil in the Twenty-First Century
"Of Killer Apes and Tender Carnivores: A Shepardian Critique of Burkert and Girard on Hunting and the Evolution of Religion"
T.R. Kover
2018 December; Studies in Religion
"Are the Oil Sands Sublime? Edward Burtynsky and the Vicissitudes of the Sublime"
T.R. Kover
Toronto. 2014 May; Found in Alberta: Environmental Themes for the Anthropocene
T.R.Kover
New York. 2010 December; Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone
T.R. Kover
Ethical Perspectives . 2007 December; 14 (No.4):431-456