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HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

CODE 65152
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
CREDITS
  • 9 cfu during the 2nd year of 8459 STORIA (L-42) - GENOVA
  • 9 cfu during the 2nd year of 8455 FILOSOFIA (L-5) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/06
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    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).

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    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.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Students will know the main features and currents of contemporary philosophy; they will develop their criticism and their original, independent point of view.

    PREREQUISITES

    Knowledge of the fundamental cultural categories that have substantiated the Western civilization and the Western thought is required.

    TEACHING METHODS

    The Course will take place through Lectures; seminar Reports by students are foreseen.

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course

    The Filthy and the Brutal. Paths of contemporary speculative Tragicism

    Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course

    The Filthy and the Brutal. Paths of contemporary speculative Tragicism

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    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

    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.

    Friedrich Nietzsche, La gaia scienza, Nota Introduttiva di Giorgio Colli, Versione di Ferruccio Masini, XXI ed., Adelphi, Milano 2017.

    For students not attending, also

    S. Giametta, Introduzione a Nietzsche opera per opera, II ed., Garzanti, Milano 2017.

     

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    PAOLO DE LUCIA (President)

    LETTERIO MAURO

    OSCAR MEO (Substitute)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    Tuesday, 19th September 2023.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Oral Exam.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    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.

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes