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

To Deny the Father. From Negative Thinking up to Postmodern Visions

Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course

To Deny the Father. From Negative Thinking up to Postmodern Visions

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.

Max Horkheimer - Theodor W. Adorno, Dialettica dell’illuminismo, tr. it. di Renato Solmi, Intr. di Carlo Galli, XVIII ed., Einaudi, Torino 2025.

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.

Max Horkheimer - Theodor W. Adorno, Dialettica dell’illuminismo, tr. it. di Renato Solmi, Intr. di Carlo Galli, XVIII ed., Einaudi, Torino 2025.

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.

For students not attending, also

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

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Week of September 15, 2026, based on the Timetable.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

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.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Female and male students with disabilities or specific learning disorder find directions for requesting services, compensatory tools, dispensatory measures, specific aids, in the document available at the following link: https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/modulistica