- Docente: Sebastiano Galanti Grollo
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 9216)
Learning outcomes
The student learns to read and critically analyze philosophical texts and to write a philosophical essay.
Course contents
For general information about the laboratory, please visit the webpage of the organizer, Prof. Manlio Iofrida.
Laboratory topic: Levinas, Totality and Infinity
Course timetable: 3rd period, Wednesday 15-17 (Lecture room C, via Centotrecento); Thursday 11-13 (Lecture room XI, via Zamboni 38)
Course start date: January 30, 2019
Readings/Bibliography
E. Levinas, Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, Nijhoff, The Hague-Boston-London 1979 (selected pages).
G. Ferretti, La filosofia di Levinas. Alterità e trascendenza, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 2010 (pp. 109-181).
Teaching methods
The laboratory has a seminar character. After a presentation of the fundamental topics of Levinas’s thought, we will proceed to reading, commenting and discussing some parts of Totality and Infinity.
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of a presentation and discussion of a short essay regarding topics and issues dealing with the texts analyzed during the Laboratory. The work will be evaluated as follows:
1. in terms of content;
2. in terms of the conceptual tools employed;
3. in terms of argumentative and writing skills.
The essay must be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the oral exam chosen by the student. A hard bound copy must be submitted to the Department’s Education Office (2nd floor, Mrs. Simonetta Manservisi); at the same time, the student must send his/her paper by email to the address of the teacher.
Assessment criteria:
Passed: The educational objectives have been achieved.
Not Passed: The educational objectives have not been achieved.
Teaching tools
PowerPoint slides
Office hours
See the website of Sebastiano Galanti Grollo