- Docente: Carlo Gentili
- Credits: 12
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
History (cod. 0962)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 0957)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Drama, Art and Music Studies (cod. 0956)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 9216)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student acquires the basic knowledge regarding the birth of aesthetics, its development and its multiple current tendencies. S/he also gets an idea of its connections with other disciplines, both the theoretical ones (such as poetics, hermeneutics and rhetorics) and those related to arts. The student’s use of the correct terminology and her/his ability in applying the main conceptual and methodological instruments put her/him in the position to critically understand the fundamental notions of aesthetics and to deal with the study of an aesthetical classic.
Course contents
General contents: "From Kant to Nietzsche: A criticism of teleology".
First part of the course (III. Period): "Kant's idea of beauty and finality" (Beginning of lessons: 1st February 2018).
Second part of the course (IV. Period): "The idea of truth and perspective in Nietzsche's Gay Science" (Beginning of lessons: 12th March 2018).
Timetable: 11-13 a.m., Monday Classroom III (via Zamboni 38); 1-3 p.m., Thursday Classroom III (via Zamboni 38); 1-3 p.m. Friday Classroom III (via Zamboni 38).
N.B. The students attending 6 CFU – Estetica (1) – are required to prepare the program of the first part of the course ("Kant's idea of beauty and finality").
Readings/Bibliography
First part of the course (III. Period): I. Kant, Critica della facoltà di giudizio, edited by E. Garroni and H. Hohenegger, Einaudi, Torino 1999 (other edition recommended: I. Kant, Critica del Giudizio, edited by M. Marassi, with german text, Bompiani, Milano 2004); choice of E. Cassirer, Vita e dottrina di Kant, Castelvecchi, Roma 2016; or: O. Höffe, Immanuel Kant, Il Mulino, Bologna 1986. The reading of F. Menegoni, La Critica del giudizio di Kant: introduzione alla lettura, Carocci, Roma 1995 is recommended.
Non-attending students are expected to add: F. Menegoni, La Critica del giudizio di Kant: introduzione alla lettura, Carocci, Roma 1995; F. Vercellone-A. Bertinetto-G. Garelli, Storia dell'estetica moderna e contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003.
Teaching methods
The two parts of the course (6 CFU each) consist of 60 (aggregate) lessons.
Assessment methods
Viva voce examination.
Teaching tools
Seminar on Kant's Critique of Judgement.
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Gentili