Towards a Philosophy of Existence II. - YBAJ174

• Anglický název: Towards a Philosophy of Existence II.
• Zajišťuje: Program Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Fakulta: Fakulta humanitních studií
• Platnost: od 2022
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, KZ [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (40)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D.
• Je neslučitelnost pro: YBLP005

Anotace

čeština

Anglicky vyučovaný kurz, jehož druhá část je věnována filosofům existence 20. století (Jaspers, Heidegger, Patočka, ale rovněž Kafka). Absolvování první části kurzu není nutné.

Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2022)

angličtina

The second part of the introductory course into philosophy of existence we will be dealing with 20th century thinkers and their efforts at communicating and anylizing the specificity of human existence. Our main focus will be on Jaspers, Heidegger and Patočka, but also Franz Kafka. The course will be designed in such a way as to accomodate new students who have not taken part in the first semester.

Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2022)

Požadavky ke zkoušce

The course will be concluded with an oral exam (colloquium) based on your readings and class discussions. 

Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (15.03.2022)

Sylabus

February 22: Introduction

March 1: Kafka, Kafkology and the problem of blunt reading

March 8: Jaspers and the idea of prophetic philosophy

March 15: Jaspers the psychopathologist and the problem of human dignity

March 22: class cancelled, conference

March 29: Heidegger and the idea of humanism

April 5: Norberg Schulz on existential philosophy of architecture

April 19: Heidegger and fundamental ontology

April 26: Patočka on individuality and existence

May 3: Patočka and the three existential movements

May 10: Dostoyevsky’s Reader, or should we struggle towards a philosophy of existence?

May 17: Colloquium

 

Two notes: we will be doing a field trip, i.e. walking tour in Prague based on Norberg-Schulz’s Genius Loci. The date is TBA.

I will most likely be hosting a guest lecturer in the third April week and she might be giving a lecture in our class.

Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (15.03.2022)

Studijní opory

Readings: 

for the exam, you will be required to have read a minumum of one introduction volume and three primary readings. 

Introductions/reference volumes:

Flynn: Existentialism. A Very Short Introduction. (ideally whole book)

Golomb: In Search of Authenticity. From Kierkegaard to Camus. (ideally whole book)

 

Primary readings:

Heidegger: Basic Writings, chapter 5, "Letter on Humanism", pp. 213-266.

Jaspers: Philosophy II, Part III, chapter 7, "Boundary Situations", pp. 177-217.

Jaspers: Philosophy of Existence, pp. 3-14.

Kafka: The Castle / - any edition, ideally in the original.

Kafka: The Zürau Aphorisms,

Norberg-Schulz: Genius Loci, Parts I-IV, pp. 5-110.

Patočka: Body, Community, Language, World, pp. 143-161.

Patočka: The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem, part "“The Natural World” Remeditated Thirty- Three Years Later", pp. 115-180, esp. pp. 160-180.

Poslední úprava: Marek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (15.03.2022)