Philosophy 2 3301-L2FIL2-ANG
This is a continuation of Philosophy 1. The lectures are intended for second-year BA students. The lectures introduce students to key thinkers and ideas in Western philosophy of the late 19th and the 20th centuries. The lectures cover main paradigms of modern philosophical thought, among them: psychoanalysis (Lacan and psychoanalytic feminism: Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva), post-Marxist philosophies (Frankfurt School – Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Marcuse; Birmingham Centre – Williams, Hall; and Gramsci, Bourdieu and Althusser), Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and deconstruction, and currently active thinkers, e.g. Slavoj Zizek. These lectures are intended to stimulate a better understanding of cultural studies and literary theory texts, and provide tools that are useful to study at the Institute of English Studies.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
1. Knowledge
K_W03 knows / explores the methodology of linguistic, cultural and literary studies in the Anglo-Saxon context
K_W08 knows / explores major contemporary directions in linguistic, cultural and literary studies in the Anglo-Saxon context
K_W16 knows / explores cultural symbols and their role in the shaping of culture, for example literaturę, popular culture, visual arts
2. Skills
K_U01 learns / develops terminology of linguistic, literary and cultural studies
K_U10 recognizes cultural symbols and cultural codes in interpersonal and cross-cultural interractions
3. Social skills
K_K01 understands the value of his/her knowledge, work, skills
K_K03 understands the ethical aspect of his/her academic and professional activity
K_K08 recognizes the communal value of his/her knowledge and skills
Assessment criteria
A written final test.
Bibliography
Histories of philosophy: Copleston, Frederick. History of Philosophy. Garvey, James & Jeremy Stangroom. The Story of Philosophy. Reale, Giovanni. A History of Ancient Philosophy. Tatarkiewicz, Władysław. Historia filozofii. Warburton, Nigel. Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide. Excerpts from: Lacan, Irigaray, Kristeva, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Derrida, Zizek.
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