Philosophy of culture 08-KUDU-MA-PHC

The purpose of lectures on the philosophy of culture is to study philosophical doctrines relating to the (ontological status of) culture and epistemological limitations (conditions) that must be taken into account by its participant aware of his entanglements in the practice of reconciling its heterogeneous norms and directives. The leitmotif of the lectures is the thesis about the return of modern philosophy to the ancient image of the human world as a dynamic and diverse reality.
Topics of lectures:
- Enlightenment philosophy (Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant)
- J.-G. Fichte - political philosopher, first transcendental idealist
- F. W. J. Schelling - the birth of objective idealism
- The philosophy of the history by G. W. F. Hegel
- Beginnings of hermeneutic reflection - from Novalis, Herder, Schleiermacher to Dilthey and the Baden school
- A. Schopenhauer - voluntary turn in German philosophy
- Historical materialism by K. Marx
- Positivism
- F. Nietzsche - discovering culture as the overman's environment
- Psychoanalysis of S. Freud and its social applications
- Frankfurt School (assumptions, leading representatives)
- the theory of communication actions by J. Habermas
- Phenomenology (E. Husserl, M. Scheler. E. Levinas)
- Fundamental ontology by M. Heidegger
- The pragmatic concept of culture by Fl. Znaniecki
- H.-G. Gadamer and his modern followers (G. Vattimo, St. Fish)
- Existentialism
- Constructivists and deconstructionists - a dispute about post-modernity
- Philosophy of dialogue
- Philosophical foundations of performance studies

Module learning aims

The aim of education is to equip a student with knowledge of the philosophy of culture and two types of skills. First of all, the presented proposals regarding the philosophical (ontological) status of culture are to be treated by a student as tools useful in cultural studies. Secondly, a student is to orientate himself in what philosophers had to say about culture from the birth of a modern cultural formation (in the 16th century) to modern times.

Information on where to find course materials

The Institute reading room

Major

Cultural studies

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Lecture

Cycle of studies

2nd cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 1

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

The lecture is a continuation of philosophy classes conducted for students of cultural studies during undergraduate studies. Students participating in the lecture are expected to know the history of philosophy from ancient times to the birth of a modern cultural formation (in the 18th century).

Course coordinators

Przemysław Rotengruber

Learning outcomes

A student after the course has comprehensive knowledge of the philosophy of culture. He can use this knowledge in two ways. Firstly, he treats recognized proposals regarding the ontological status of culture and the possibility of insight into its state as tools useful in cultural studies. Secondly, he understands what philosophers had to say about culture from the birth of a modern cultural formation (in the 18th century) to modern times.

Assessment criteria

Written exam; standard grading scale (5.0-2.0):
5.0 - excellent knowledge of the content of education described in the lecture program
4.5 - very good knowledge of the content of education
4.0 - good knowledge of the content of education
3.5 - satisfactory knowledge of the content of education
3.0 - satisfactory knowledge of the content of education
2.0 - unsatisfactory knowledge of the content of education described in the lecture program.

Additional information

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