73086 - History of Contemporary French Philosophy (2) (LM)

Learning outcomes

French Contemporary Philosophy is one of the most important, from a theoretical point of view, but also as a key to debates in a wide range of human sciences, as linguistics, sociology, political philosophy, feminism, gender studies.It is a kind of philosophy which is much diffused also in Anglosaxon countries, especially in USA. The aim of this second-year course  will be to present the thought of a specific philosopher, among them who have been the main French thinkers in the 20th century, or to introduce philosophical themes pertaining to different thinkers, in order to orient not only in the field of philosophy, but in the complex of contemporary culture.

Course contents

The crisis of globalisation, the ecological question and the concept of history.

The crisis of liberist globalisation and the ecological crisis impose to rethink deeply the concept of nature and the concept of history.

General introduction, with a summary of the previous course (2 hours). Realism in Merleau-Ponty, Auerbach and André Bazin (4 hours). The concept of everyday life in the twentieth century’s philosophy: Lukács (in the subsequent stages of his thought), Lefebvre, Heidegger, Kracauer, Huizinga (10 hours). Further models of everyday life and history: Aby Warburg and Aloïs Riegl (4 hours); History, nature and everyday life in film’s theory and in the philosophy of history of Siegfried Kracauer (8 hours); General conclusions

 

All the texts will be found in digital format on Virtuale, with the exception of the following book: M. Iofrida, Per un paradigma del corpo: una rifondazione filosofica dell'ecologia, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2019, whose reading is obligatory. It may be very useful also the reading of the following book: Paolo Missiroli, Teoria critica dell’Antropocene. Vivere dopo la Terra, vivere nella Terra, Mimesis, Milano, 2022. The final examination consists of a discussion of an essay, whose argument must be arranged with the professor. Hours and room: the course will start on March 20, 2023; Monday 13-15 Tuesday 17-19 Wednesday 13-15, Room C, via Zamboni 34.

 

FOR STUDENTS WHO CANNOT FOLLOW THE LESSONS: A program must be agreed with the professor.

Readings/Bibliography

See the program.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

The final examination is finalized to verify that didactic focuses have been realized, i. e. the capacity of the student to trace the mean philosophical streamings of French contemporary philosophy ; his knowledge of the basic historical-philosophical notions necessary to a master students in this arguments.
The final mark results from an oral examination, preceded by a written essay, to which a special importance is conferred: to each student a personalized argument will be attributed, conform to his cultural profile and to the didactic and scientific necessities inherent to it.

Teaching tools

Seminars and composition of papers attaining to the course program.

Office hours

See the website of Manlio Iofrida