INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT I

The teaching is part of the training course of the Master's Degree in Philosophy. The training objectives are intended to provide the student with the tools for a critical understanding of the major texts of contemporary philosophy and a specific language appropriate to the topics dealt with. In the end, the student must be able to independently and critically manage a complex text of philosophy.

The course aims to provide a series of specific knowledge about contemporary philosophical thought. The student will have to acquire the skills, competences and knowledge useful for the critical comprehension and textual analysis of the major authors of contemporary philosophy, through the acquisition of a specific linguistic terminology, demonstrating to have developed communication skills and learning abilities.

General lines of the history of contemporary philosophy.

The course examines the Heideggerian thought of the 1930s-1950s of the last century. Through texts of academic courses, essays and esoteric works, we intend to give an interpretation that wants to focus on the destruction-deconstruction of philosophical foundations, bringing out the an-archy (to be understood in an etymological sense, as the absence of every principle) that Martin Heidegger's thought proposes as an alternative to the calculating thought of the metaphysical, scientific and technical ratio. This alternative mode of thought, which has its meaning in the figure of the bottomless abyss (Abgrund), is intended to be the most lucid and severe criticism of Western civilization and its knowledge.

M. Heidegger, Il principio di ragione, Adelphi, Milano 1991
Id., La poesia di Hoelderlin, Adelphi, Milano 1988
Id., Metafisica e nichilismo, il melangolo, Genova 2006
Id., L'inno Der Ister di Hoelderlin, Mursia, Milano 2003
Id., Conferenze di Brema e Friburgo, Adelphi, Milano 2002
Id., Che cosa significa pensare, Sugarco Edizioni, Milano 1996
E. Junger - M. Heidegger, Oltre la linea, Adelphi, Milano 1989
S. Blasche et Al. (hrsg von), Martin Heidegger: Innen- und Aussenansichten, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a. M. 1989
R. Schurmann, Dai principi all'anarchia, Il Mulino, Bologna 1995
F. Mora, Martin Heidegger pensare senza fondamenti, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2019
Id., Martin Heidegger. La provincia dell'uomo, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2011
P. Trawny, Saggi su Heidegger, ETS, Pisa 2017
J. Derrida, Margini della filosofia, Einaudi Torino 1997
Id., La scrittura e la differenza, Einaudi, Torino 1971
F. Kafka, Racconti, Mondadori, Milano 2009

The exam takes place in oral form. During the interview the student must demonstrate the ability to summarize and understand the fundamental themes covered in the course, an adequate philosophical language, and a good knowledge of secondary literature.

Frontal lesson wich makes use of seminar support and materials available on the University e-learning plattform.

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The teacher receives on Tuesday at 11.00 am in the studio. For non-attending students the exam program will be individual and will not be delivered via e-mail.

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