- Docente: Carlo Gentili
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Humanities (cod. 8850)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)
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)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is giving students the basic knowledge concerning the birth and the development of Aesthetics, with specific attention to the origin of fundamental concepts such as the one of genius, taste, intuition, imitation and so on. Secondly, the present state of Aesthetics will be analysed.
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: 30.1.2017).
Second part of the course (IV. Period): "The idea of truth and
perspective in Nietzsche's Gay Science" (Beginning of
lessons: 13.3.2017).
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).
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. The reading of a handbook on the history of Aesthetics is recommended; among the others: F. Vercellone-A. Bertinetto-G. Garelli, Storia dell'estetica moderna e contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003.
Second parte of the course (IV. Period): F. Nietzsche, La
gaia scienza, edited by C. Gentili, Einaudi, Torino 2015; C.
Gentili, Introduzione a Nietzsche, Il Mulino, Bologna 2017.
Teaching methods
The two parts of the course (6 CFU each) consist of 60 (aggregate) lessons.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/docenti/carlo.gentili
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Gentili