28082 - Philosophic Anthropology (1) (LM)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 0975)

Course contents

Reflections on evil
The aim of the course is a rflection on the concept of evil with regard to some important interpretation of the XXth century like Arendt, Ricoeur, Levi, Améry.

Readings/Bibliography

H. Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963). H. Arendt, On Violence (1969). J. Améry, Intellettuale a Auschwitz, Bollati Boringhieri, Turin 2008. P. Levi, I sommersi e i salvati, Einaudi, Turin 2007. P. Ricoeur, Il male. Una sfida alla filosofia e alla teologia, Morcelliana, Brescia 1993. Pier Paolo Portinaro (a cura di), I concetti del male, Einaudi, Turin 2002, chap. by P.P. Portinaro on "Colpa", "Genocidio", "Ingiustizia", "Violenza", and Introduction.

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussion.

Assessment methods

Final examination.

Office hours

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