The course will introduce the main features and currents of contemporary philosophy, from a perspective that reflects the speculative posture of the Professor. General introduction will be complemented by in-depth study of major figures in contemporary philosophy (through the analysis of one of their main works).
Presenting the lines of development and the main currents of contemporary philosophy. The more general hiistorical study will be accompained by insights into specific figures of thinkers through the analysis of some of their fundamental texts. Integral reading of one or more classical texts of contemporary thought.
Students will know the main features and currents of contemporary philosophy; they will develop their criticism and their original, independent point of view.
Knowledge of the fundamental cultural categories that have substantiated the Western civilization and the Western thought is required.
The Course will take place through Lectures; seminar Reports by students are foreseen.
Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course
The Fracture of the Sky. Tragic Visions of the Absolute and Life
Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course
For students who are taking the 6-CFU Course
E. Berti - F. Volpi, Storia della filosofia dall’antichità a oggi (Edizione compatta), vol. II, L’età contemporanea, VII ed., Laterza, Roma-Bari 2014.
Paolo De Lucia, La valle dell’ombra. Percorsi del tragico nella filosofia italiana del Novecento, Marsilio, Venezia 2016.
For students not attending, also
S. Giametta, Introduzione a Nietzsche opera per opera, II ed., Garzanti, Milano 2017.
For students who are taking the 9-CFU Course
Friedrich Nietzsche, Così parlò Zarathustra. Un libro per tutti e per nessuno, Nota Introduttiva di Giorgio Colli, Versione e Appendici di Mazzino Montinari, XXXVI ed., Adelphi, Milano 2017.
Ricevimento: Professor De Lucia receives students in his office in Via Balbi, 4 (Hellenic Section): Friday 10-12 AM.
PAOLO DE LUCIA (President)
SIMONA LANGELLA
MARCO DAMONTE (Substitute)
STEFANIA ZANARDI (Substitute)
Tuesday 16 September 2025.
The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy
Oral Exam.
Evaluation of the knowledge component: up to 15/30; Evaluation of the processing capacities: up to 10/30; Evaluation of the communication skills: up to 5/30.
It is recommended that female and male students who have presented a certification of special educational needs at the Sector for Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA contact the course's responsible professor and the School's Reference Professor (elisabetta.colagrossi@unige.it) to agree on the teaching and exam methods.
