The course of Ontology is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course aims to provide students with the basic principles of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology, starting from the text in which he diagnosed the 'crisis' of European culture and the need for it to be refounded on the basis of the principles of phenomenology. Upon completion of the course students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course intendes to examine the transformations of the ontology of nature in relation to the current phenomenon of climate change, relating it to the changes in capytalist dynamics on the one hand and with the emergence of the active force of "geohistory" on the other.
D. Chakrabarty. Clima, storia e capitale, Nottetempo.
J.W. Moore, Antropocene o Capitalocene?, ombre corte.
E. Fornari, Cybercapitalismo. Fine del legame sociale?, Bollati Boringhieri.
A text between:
N. Fraser, Capitalismo cannibale. Come il sistema sta divorando la democrazia, il nostro senso di comunità e il pianeta, Laterza.
J. Butler, Che mondo è mai questo?, Laterza.
J. W. Moore, Ecologia-mondo e crisi del capitalismo. La fine della natura a buon mercato, ombre corte (chosen chapters).
Any other bibliography will be indicated in class.
Programme
Nature and CapitalThe course intendes to examine the transformations of the ontology of nature in relation to the current phenomenon of climate change, relating it to the changes in capytalist dynamics on the one hand and with the emergence of the active force of "geohistory" on the other.
Core Documentation
D. Chakrabarty, La sfida del cambiamento climatico. Globalizzazione e Antropocene, ombre corte.D. Chakrabarty. Clima, storia e capitale, Nottetempo.
J.W. Moore, Antropocene o Capitalocene?, ombre corte.
E. Fornari, Cybercapitalismo. Fine del legame sociale?, Bollati Boringhieri.
A text between:
N. Fraser, Capitalismo cannibale. Come il sistema sta divorando la democrazia, il nostro senso di comunità e il pianeta, Laterza.
J. Butler, Che mondo è mai questo?, Laterza.
J. W. Moore, Ecologia-mondo e crisi del capitalismo. La fine della natura a buon mercato, ombre corte (chosen chapters).
Any other bibliography will be indicated in class.
Type of evaluation
Oral examination