20710027 - Philosophical Hermeneutics

The course of Philosophical Hermeneutics is part of the program in Philosophy and it is included among the complementary training activities. Students will be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the discussion and argument both from a theoretical and a historical-philosophical perspective. At the end of the course the student will acquire:
-) Ability to analyze and interpret philosophical texts;
-) Properties of language and argumentation;
-) Ability to contextualize the acquired knowledge in the Philosophical debate.

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Programme

The theme of recognition

The course intends to address the concept of recognition starting from its Hegelian origins to arrive at its psychoanalytic (Lacan), hermeneutic (Ricoeur) and sociopolitical (Honneth-Fraser) declinations.


Core Documentation

For Erasmus students:

A. Kojève, Introduction to te Reading of Hegel, 1980.
A. Honneth, The Struggle for Recognition, 1996.
A. Honneth-Nancy Fraser, Redistribution or Recognition?, 2003.
P. Ricoeur, The Course of Recognition, 2005.

Reference Bibliography

Lucio Cortella, L'ethos del riconoscimento, Laterza, 2023.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam.