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Last update: prof. Dr. Pavel Barša, M.A., Ph.D. (11.02.2024)
Until recently, the blurring of the boundaries between the two spheres by non-Europeans and pre-modern traditions had been taken as the sign of their backwardness and need for an enlightenment by the West as an avantgarde of humankind. This modernist prejudice against those non-dualistic traditions has been recently shattered by the growing awareness of interconnectedness of humans and non-humans (caused by the global ecological crisis and global warming). The course is devoted to the reading of the book by Philippe Descola of the same title which explores those other – monistic – “cosmologies” so that the function and meaning of Western “dualism” can be assessed and, possibly, modified. |
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Last update: prof. Dr. Pavel Barša, M.A., Ph.D. (11.02.2024)
Participation in class discussions, at least one oral presentation of readings and final written examination for those students who want to be graded. |
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Last update: prof. Dr. Pavel Barša, M.A., Ph.D. (11.02.2024)
1)Philippe Descola, Beyond Nature and Culture, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2013, Ch. 1, pp. 3 – 31. 2) Ibid., Ch. 2, pp. 32 – 56. 3) Ibid., Ch. 3, pp. 57 – 90. 4) Ibid., Ch. 4 - 5, pp. 91 – 128. 5) Ibid., Ch. 6, pp. 129 – 143. 6) Ibid., Ch. 7, pp. 144 – 171. 7) Ibid., Ch. 8, pp. 174 – 200. 8) Ibid., Ch. 9, pp. 201 – 231. 9) Ibid., Ch. 10, pp. 232 – 246. 10) Ibid., Ch. 11, pp. 247 – 280. 11) Ibid., Ch. 12, pp. 281 – 308. 12) Ibid., Ch. 13 - 14, pp. 309 – 364. 13) Ibid., Ch. 15 – Epilogue, pp. 365 – 406. |