85027 - History of Philosophical Culture (1)

Learning outcomes

he course intends to provide useful conceptual tools and specific methodological knowledge for the analysis of significant traditions, texts and figures in the historical and philosophical context and in the history of Western culture.

Course contents

The destruction of reason

Crisis of modernity and critique of rationalism in Husserl and Heidegger

 

The course focuses on the philosophical debate in 20th century German philosophy about the problem of the crisis of reason, with regard to the positions of E. Husserl and M. Heidegger.

Husserl proposes the idea that the history is governed by a teleological rational development; Heidegger, on the contrary, conceives human reason as will of power.

The different theoretical perspectives of the authors will be analyzed with reference to the historical and cultural context.

 

Workshop

The course will include an integrative workshop led by Professor Imbriano. In this workshop lessons will be given by, amongst others, two of the most important scholars of twentieth century historical-philosophical and philosophical-political thought: Professor Edoardo Massimilla (University of Naples) and Professor Carlo Galli (University of Bologna), who will lead lessons related to the themes of the course.

Students who participate in the two lessons (in person or online) will be entitled to prepare two, rather than three, critical texts for the final exam from those indicated at Point 2 of the reading list.

The lessons will take place on 17th February, 2022, and 2nd March, 2022 (during course hours).

 

Starting date: 2nd February 2022

 

Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00, classroom I (via Zamboni 38)

Thursday 15:00–17:00, classroom D (via centotrecento)

Friday 13:00–15:00, classroom C (via centotrecento)

 

Readings/Bibliography

1. Primary readings:

• Selected Parts of these Texts *:
  

1.1 Edmund Husserl, La crisi delle scienze europee e la fenomenologia trascendentale, Il Saggiatore, Milano 1961

1.2 Martin Heidegger, Il principio di ragione, Adelphi, Milano 1995

  

  * See Teaching Resources

 

2. Critical readings (3 Texts of your choice):

 

2.1 One Text of your choice:

G. Lukács, La distruzione della ragione, Einaudi, Torino 1959

K. Löwith, Il nichilismo europeo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006

Id., Da Hegel a Nietzsche, Einaudi, Torino 2000

M. Cacciari, Krisis. Saggio sul pensiero negativo da Nietzsche a Wittgenstein, Feltrinelli, Milano 1976

 

2.2 One Text of your choice:

F.S. Trincia, Guida alla lettura della "Crisi delle scienze europee" di Husserl, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012

P. Bucci, La crisi delle scienze europee di Husserl, Carocci, Roma 2013

V. Costa, Husserl, Carocci, Roma 2009

F. Mucciarelli, La crisi delle scienze europee di E. Husserl. Appunti dalle lezioni del prof. E. Paci, CUEM, Milano 1973

 

2.3 One Text of your choice:

K. Löwith, Saggi su Heidegger, Einaudi, Torino 1966

T.W. Adorno, Il gergo dell'autenticità. Sull'ideologia tedesca, Boringhieri, Torino 1998

G. Imbriano, Il tempo della contraddizione. Storia, lavoro e soggettività in Marx e Heidegger, Mucchi, Modena 2019

M. Ruggenini, Il soggetto e la tecnica. Heidegger interprete «inattuale» dell’epoca presente, Roma, Bulzoni, 1978

S. Maschietti, Sul problema della rappresentazione logica e storica della verità: un’analisi critica di M. Heidegger, Il principio di ragione (1957), il Mulino, Bologna 2005

F. Volpi (a cura di), Guida a Heidegger. Ermeneutica, fenomenologia, esistenzialismo, ontologia, teologia, estetica, etica, tecnica, nichilismo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008

 

 

The programme is the same both for attending and not attending students.

 

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with discussions in class of the most crucial issues

 

Assessment methods

The final oral exam focuses on the programme’s material and will be held in the Professor’s office: 5.06 - Via Zamboni, 38.

The critical evaluation considers the fundamental notions, the level of the analysis and the critical skills.

On the basis of these three principal parameters an overall evaluation in thirtieths is expressed.

 

Evaluation:

18-21 Low/Sufficient level

22-25 Medium level

26-28 Good/very good level

29-30 High level

30 L Excellent level

Teaching tools

Traditional lectures with support of Power Point

 

Office hours

See the website of Gennaro Imbriano