CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT II

The teaching is part of the training course of the Master's Degree in Philosophy. The training objectives are intended to provide the student with the tools for a critical understanding of the major texts of contemporary philosophy and a specific language appropriate to the topics dealt with. In the end, the student must be able to independently and critically manage a complex text of philosophy.

The course aims to provide a series of specific knowledge about contemporary philosophical thought. The student will have to acquire the skills, competences and knowledge useful for the critical comprehension and textual analysis of the major authors of contemporary philosophy, through the acquisition of a specific linguistic terminology, demonstrating to have developed communication skills and learning abilities.

General lines of the history of contemporary philosophy.

The course aims to analyze some fundamental aspects of Jaques Derrida's philosophy and the French environment in which he moved.

J. Derrida, Abramo, l'altro, Cronopio 2005
Id., Gli occhi della lingua, Mimesis 2011
Id., il monolinguismo dell'altro,Raffaello Cortina 2004
M. Blanchot, La comunità inconfessabile, SE 2002
G. Agamben , La comunità che viene, Bollati Boringhieri 2002
Id., Quel che resta di Auschwitz, Bollati Boringhieri 2005
Id. Homo sacer, Einaudi 1995
M. Heidegger, L'essenza della verità, Adelphi 1997
S. Weil, la colonizzazione e il destino dell'Europa, Marietti 1820, 2009
F. Jesi L'accusa del sangue, Bollati Boringhieri 2007
Id., Germania segreta, nottetempo 2018
H. Arendt, L'ebreo come paria, Giuntina 2017
Id., La lingua materna, Mimesis 1993
W.G. Sebald, Storia naturale della distruzione, Adelphi 2010

The exam takes place in oral form. During the interview the student must demonstrate the ability to summarize and understand the fundamental themes covered in the course, an adequate philosophical language, and a good knowledge of secondary literature.

Frontal lesson wich makes use of seminar support and materials available on the University e-learning plattform.

Italian

The teacher receives on Tuesday at 11.00 am in the studio. For non-attending students the exam program will be individual and will not be delivered via e-mail.

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