PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS I

Philosophical Hermeneutics belongs to the sector of Theoretical Philosophy and is focussed on the issues related to human interpretation, not intended as a cognitive representation but rather as a thinking experience of human beings as they are in the world. Philosophical Hermeneutics is not a mere discipline and transcends any simply methodological and epistemological problem relating to interpretative activity.
There are at least three crucial points decisive of Philosophical Hermeneutics within the Philosophy course:
(1) Philosophical Hermeneutics vividly rethinks the great questions of the philosophical tradition;
(2) Philosophical Hermeneutics insists on the concrete link of philosophical studies with the real existence of humans;
(3) Philosophical Hermeneutics cultivates the sense of the multiplicity and mobility of meaning of the discourses, especially in important texts.

Students are expected to learn how to deal with the polysemic and stratified character of the great texts of the past, considered classics.
Students are expected to learn to experience the distance of what belongs to philosophical (and literary and religious) discourses without therefore rushing to refer everything back to their own private and personal experience.

The course is not recommended for first-year students and presupposes an acquired knowledge and mastery of the crucial categories and issues of the Western philosophical tradition.

Title: Nietzsche and Dostoevsky

Is it possible that the last Nietzsche was influenced by the reading, in French translation, of Dostoevsky? Did the philosopher faithful to the earth and to Dionysus discover important affinities with the most Christian writer, so much so that he was guided by the latter in interpreting the modern, European phenomenon of nihilism? The course, which will take place over 60 hours, first aims to bring out Nietzsche as an affirmative spirit of the luxuriant power of life, rather than as a thinker mourning the death of God. In the second part, however, we will take into consideration, in a philosophical-theological key, some writings of Dostoevsky, in the first place "The Brothers Karamazov". Sestov, Pareyson, Vitiello and Givone will be some of our important interlocutors.

F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (selected parts);
F. Nietzsche, The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the idols, edited by A. Ridley and J. Norman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005;
the Will of Power (selected fragments);
F. Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov.
W. Nabokov, Lectures on Russian Literature.

The exam test will be written, as concerns the first part, and oral, as concerns the second part (for those students who are going to get 12 credits).

Lectures will give space to the direct reading of texts, projected on screen, and to a wide interlocution with the students.

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Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development