The course of History of Contemporary Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course has the following learning objectives:
1. to increase knowledge of the most important concepts and authors of contemporary philosophy;
2. to reinforce and apply the linguistic and conceptual methodologies of historical-philosophical analysis of the most important classics of the contemporary era in the research activities preliminary to the drafting of the master's thesis;
3. to enhance learning skills and autonomy of judgement. In particular, students must develop and expand:
- Linguistic skills that enable them to read and understand the original editions of the contemporary philosophers undergoing the course;
- ability to analyse a philosophical problem from different points of view, also taking into account the most accredited critical bibliography;
- ability to discover contradictions or innovations in contemporary classical texts on the basis of the training received during the three-year degree course;
- ability to control and highlight the relevance and meaning of the characteristic elements of conceptual expositions;
- ability to draw conclusions based on a plurality of observations and inferences. These skills are promoted during the seminar work that is an integral part of the course through writing texts and collegial debate.
1. to increase knowledge of the most important concepts and authors of contemporary philosophy;
2. to reinforce and apply the linguistic and conceptual methodologies of historical-philosophical analysis of the most important classics of the contemporary era in the research activities preliminary to the drafting of the master's thesis;
3. to enhance learning skills and autonomy of judgement. In particular, students must develop and expand:
- Linguistic skills that enable them to read and understand the original editions of the contemporary philosophers undergoing the course;
- ability to analyse a philosophical problem from different points of view, also taking into account the most accredited critical bibliography;
- ability to discover contradictions or innovations in contemporary classical texts on the basis of the training received during the three-year degree course;
- ability to control and highlight the relevance and meaning of the characteristic elements of conceptual expositions;
- ability to draw conclusions based on a plurality of observations and inferences. These skills are promoted during the seminar work that is an integral part of the course through writing texts and collegial debate.
teacher profile teaching materials
Hannah Arendt, On Humanity in the darks Times, Paperback
Martha C. Nussbaum, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
Jacques Derrida, The Politics of Friendship Paperback
Programme
Starting from the role of emotions in the orientation in the world and in the education process, as thought by Martha C. Nussbaum, the programme wants to examine the laycal and social meaning the abovesaid assigns to compassion. To that concept is contrasted the critical interpretation of Hannah Arendt (who considers Rousseau's compassion as a prereflessive and presocial feeling proper of the «humanity in dark times», to be replaced by the political category of friendship as conceived by Lessing). Following the contemporary interpretation of french and german enlightment, the course will examine Derrida's concept of lie, showing its coincidences with Rousseau's thought.Core Documentation
Hannah Arendt, On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication Paperback –Hannah Arendt, On Humanity in the darks Times, Paperback
Martha C. Nussbaum, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
Jacques Derrida, The Politics of Friendship Paperback
Reference Bibliography
Hannah Arendt, On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication Paperback – Hannah Arendt, On Humanity in the darks Times, Paperback Martha C. Nussbaum, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Cambridge University Press Jacques Derrida, The Politics of Friendship PaperbackType of delivery of the course
The course aims to enable a critical reflection about two ethical and social categories: love to the other, as pietas and compassion, and lie. Favoured are knowledge, awareness and critical analisys of some theoretical and moral issues of the contemporary history of the philosophy. The lectures are based on direct reading of the texts of the classical philosophers included in the program. During the course, papers written by the students on a topic of the classical texts in the program are discussed in the lecture hall. The paper is typically 10-12 pages long (3000 words). The writing and discussion activities are aimed at promoting linguistic-conceptual skills, developing expressive, cognitive and critical potential in the specific subject area.Attendance
Non-mandatory frequencyType of evaluation
Interview+ paper (3000 words). The ongoing evaluation concerns the papers written by the students during the course.