Postmodernity and its critics 3800-PJK24-M
The course will discuss the following philosophical problems and currents:
- Nietzsche's legacy from Bataille to Derrida (ontology, genealogy, interpretation)
- deconstruction after Derrida: Nancy and Malabou
- phenomenology today: Richir, Franck, Kruks, Waldenfels, Carr
- the nihilistic face of hermeneutics: Vattimo and Caputo
- Alain Badiou's 'Platonism'
- aesthetics and emancipation: Jacques Ranciere
- the new realism of Meillassoux and Harman
- anthropology and philosophy of technology: Stiegler, Sloterdijk
- biopolitical paradigm transformations: Agamben and Esposito
- faces of posthumanism: Haraway, Braidotti, Wolfe
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Learning outcomes
Acquired knowledge
Students have:
- the knowledge of specialist philosophical terminology in Polish
- the knowledge of views of a philosopher or the current state of research in a selected philosophical issue
- the knowledge of the complex nature of language and historical variability of its meanings
Acquired skills
Students have:
- the ability to interpret philosophical texts independently
- the ability to identify argumentative strategies in oral and written statements
- the ability to formulate precisely, orally and in writing, complex philosophical problems, to formulate a thesis and to comment on them critically
Acquired social competences
Students are ready:
- to identify their own knowledge and skills
- to recognize gaps in their knowledge and skills
- to carry out their own research
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