Philosophical Reading Group: 19th and 20th Century Philosophy - YBAJ187

• Title: Philosophical Reading Group: 19th and 20th Century Philosophy
• Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 20 (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses available to incoming students

Annotation

English

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (15.09.2022)

This seminar will allow serious students interested in 19th and 20th century continental philosophy to participate in the tradition of close reading of primary texts. The purpose is to understand the prerequisites for understanding challenging philosophical works that require careful and perceptive reading. In the Winter 2022 semester, we will begin with Kierkegaard's The Concept of Anxiety. We will arrange the next text with the course participants.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (15.09.2022)

Tento seminář umožní vážnějším zájemcům o kontinentální filosofii 19. a 20. století podílet se na tradici důkladného čtení primárního textu. Smyslem je porozumět předpokladům porozumění náročným filosofickým dílům, která vyžadují opatrné a vnímavé čtení. V zimním semestru 2022 začneme Kierkegaardovým Pojmem úzkosti. Další text budeme domlouvat spolu s účastníky kurzu.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (28.11.2023)

To successfully conclude the seminar, you are expected to take part in the class discussions and to pass the final colloquium (during the exam period, details will be sent by email towards the end of the term). The colloquium will be based on the readings in class and you will be required to select at least three of the items and finish reading the whole chapter. 

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (09.01.2024)

The list of readings in class: 

1 Arendt, H., The Human Condition, University of Chicago Press 1998, chapters: "Prologue", "Vita Activa and the human condition", "The term Vita activa", p. 1-17.
2 Kierkegaard, S., The Concept of Anxiety, Princeton University Press 1980, chapters: "The Concept of Anxiety", "Anxiety as the presupposition of hereditary sin...", p. 41-51.
3 Habermas, J., The Future of Human Nature, Polity Press 2003, chapter: "Are there post-metaphysical answers to the question: what is the "Good life"?", p. 1-15.
4 Darwin, Ch., On the Origin of Species, Oxford University Press 2008, chapter: "Natural Selection", p. 63-100.
5 Kant, I., Practical Philosophy, Cambridge University Press 2012, chapter: "An answer to the question: What is enlightenment?", p. 11-22.
6 Hegel, G.W.F, Phenomenology of Spirit, Oxford University Press 1977, chapter: "Lordship and Bondage", p. 111-119.
7 Sirois, F. M., "Introduction: Conceptualizing the Relations of Procrastination to Health and Well-Being", in F.M. Sirois & T.A. Pychyl (eds.), Procrastination, Health, and Well-Being, Academic Press/Elsevier 2016, p. 1-20.
8 Descartes, R., Meditations on First Philosophy, Oxford University Press 2008, chapters: "First Meditation", "Second Meditation", p. 13-24.
9 Marx, K., "Estranged Labor", in Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Prometheus Books 1988, p. 69-84.
10 Patočka, J., Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History, Open Court 1996, Chapters: Fifth or Sixth Essays, p. 95-118 or 119-138.
11 Beauvoir, S., The Coming of Age, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1972, chapters: Introduction & Preface, p. 1-13.