RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF INDIA

To critically introduce to the Indian religions and philosophies. Going against the vast array of 'introductory', user friendly and generalist field's literature -so much accessible to become even disorienting-, this course aims at furnish to students the ability to judge the representativeness of the representations that will encounter in the future of the specialising curriculum.
This is one of the mandatory courses within the Indian Subcontinent curriculum of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea"

Acquisition of knowledge and key competences to critically approach the study of the Indian religions and philosophies.

1. Knowledge and comprehension
The course is meant to led to know and to comprehend the nature and the epistemological status of the 'definitions' and 'concepts' utilised within indo logical studies, in favour of a renewed attention to the 'relationships' and 'contexts' within which are situated the cases under study.

2 Ability to apply knowledge and comprehension
Students will be able to identify the weak points of concepts and definitions.
This ability will be particularly useful to the student, opening the possibility to use critically canonised terminologies and traditionally trusted tools and references materials.

No prerequisite is required.

The course introduces topics that are relevant for the history of South Asian philosophies and religions, presenting them through a historical and critical approach. At the beginning of the course, methodological tools and criteria will be imparted.

W. Halbfass, India and Europe, State University Press of New York, Albany 1988.
R. Torella, Il pensiero dell'India: un'introduzione, Carocci, Roma 2008.
F. Squarcini, Ex Oriente Lux, Luxus, Luxuria, Societa Editrice Fiorentina, Firenze 2008.
F. Sferra (a cura di), Filosofie dell'India, Carocci, Roma 2018.

The final assessment of learning will take place through an oral exam where critical skills acquired during the course and as a result of the individual preparation will be evaluated.

Goals will be achieved through oral presentations.

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For any inquires do refer to: federico.squarcini@unive.it

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