Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500246 Philosophy | OB | 3 | 1 |
Proficiency in Spanish and English Languages.
The discipline of philosophy of history was born in Modernity, from which it acquires part of its language and purpose: to explain the social and political change as a result of the use of the freedom of human beings. According to that, the course focuses on the study of philosophical reflection that has provided us with a language to ponder when and how to identify the meaning of historical times. For this, we will study the texts of the classical authors of this discipline, but also the criticisms of the language of modernity from postmodern thought, feminist theory, and postcolonialism. The main objective is to attend to the initial matrix of the discipline and its movements so that the students can score theoretical analysis tools that also allow them to enter their present.
The specific objectives of the subject are the following:
1. The sense of time and history: Kant and Arendt
2. On the idea of progress: Hegel and Marx.
3. The fight for recognition: Honneth and Fraser.
4. The discontinuity of time: W. Benjamin and Susan Buck Morss.
5. Postmodernity and the end of history: J. F. Lyotard and R. Rorty.
6. Historical silences on gender and postcoloniality: D. Haraway, G. Anzaldúa and J. Scott.
The teaching methodology has three work fronts: 1. Theoretical classes. The program is organized following a reading schedule. Every day the teacher will present a topic that the students must prepare. The session will work from the presentation of the reading’s topics, some key concepts in the texts, and will include discussion with the students. If the face-to-face classes are modified, they will be adapted to the existing systems (teams, notes, podcasts) 2. Individualized tutorials or in small groups, made by the teacher during the hours of attention that will be arranged in advance. If it is not possible to do them in person, others of a virtual nature will be established. 3. Elaboration of personalized itineraries for the autonomous work of the student with special attention to the research work. |
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Tutorship | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 15, 24, 6, 7, 10, 11, 5, 4, 14, 19, 9, 20, 22, 23, 21 |
Type: Supervised | |||
work at home | 26 | 1.04 | 15, 24, 27, 6, 7, 8, 18, 12, 5, 4, 14, 17, 9, 20, 22, 26 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Classes | 71.5 | 2.86 | 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 18, 13, 19, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26 |
The evaluation will be done on three elements:
A) Specific writing exercises on some of the compulsory readings: exercise 1 = 10%; exercise 2 = 10%; exercise 3 = 10%; exercise 4 = 10%, for a total of 40% of the final grade.
B) A research work on a subject, work or author of the subject previously scheduled with the teacher. The work has a value of 45% of the final grade.
C) Participation and class attendance whose value on the final grade will be 15%. In the event that the modality of face-to-face classes is modified, this participation will be evaluated from the interventions in the virtual campus forums of the subject created for this purpose.
NOTE: In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
General information:
- At the beginning of the course, the format to follow for writing the philosophical essay will be communicated, and an expanded list of recommended readings will be provided.
- The calendar of activities to be attached at the beginning of the course indicates the dates of delivery the exercises and the essay.
- For a correct continuous evaluation, works will not be accepted outside the established dates.
- For more information, see the re-assestment criteria.
RE-ASSESTMENT CRITERIA: To access the Reassesment, you must have evaluated at least 2/3 of the final grade and have obtained a minimum of 3.5 in the final grade for the course.
NON-EVALUABLE STUDENTS: Students who do not submit 30% of the work or assignments under evaluation will be rated as NON-EVALUABLE.
WARNING: PLAGIARISM IS FORBIDDEN.
-In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and Participation | 15% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 15, 3, 24, 27, 6, 7, 8, 16, 10, 5, 4, 13, 14, 19, 17, 9, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26 |
Composition | 40% | 3.5 | 0.14 | 2, 24, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 5, 13, 14, 19, 17, 22, 23, 21, 26 |
Essay | 45% | 4 | 0.16 | 3, 24, 6, 8, 16, 18, 10, 12, 5, 13, 14, 19, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26 |
References:
Anzaldúa, G. Borderlands / La Frontera. La conciencia de la nueva mestiza. Madrid: Capitán Swing, 2016.
Arendt, H. La promesa de la política. Madrid: Alianza, 2008.
____. La condición humana. Barcelona, Paidós, 2005.
Benjamin, W. Tesis sobre la filosofía de la historia. Madrid: Abada, 2008.
Buck-Morss, Susan. Hegel, Haití y la historia universal. México: FCE, 2013.
Fraser, Nancy y Jaeggi, Rahel. Capitalismo. Una conversación desde la Teoría crítica. Trad. de Roc Filella. Madrid: Morata. A Coruña: Fundación Paideia Galiza, 2019
Haraway, D. Ciencia, Cyborgs y mujeres. La reinvención de la naturaleza Madrid: Cátedra. Instituto de la Mujer, Universidad de Valencia, 1995.
Hegel, F. La fenomenología del espíritu. México: FCE, 1985.
____. Lecciones sobre la Filosofía de la historia universal. Madrid: Alianza, 2019.
Honneth, A. La lucha por el reconocimiento. Barcelona, Crítica, 1997.
Huntington, S.P. El choque de civilizaciones. Madrid: Paidós, 1993.
Kant, I. Ideas para una historia universal en clave cosmopolita y otros escritos sobre filosofía de la historia. Madrid: Tecnos, 2010.
____. ¿Qué es la Ilustración? Madrid: Alianza, 2009.
Lyotard, J.F. La posmodernidad (explicada a los niños). Barcelona: Gedisa, 1988.
Marx, K. Manuscritos de economía y filosofía. Madrid: Alianza, 2001.
____. Manifiesto Comunista. Madrid: Alianza, 2008.
____. Introducción a la Crítica de la Economía Política. Madrid: Siglo XXI eds. 2008.
Palacio Avendaño, Martha. Gloria Anzaldúa: Poscolonialidad y feminismo. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2020.
Rorty, R.; Schneewind, J. B.; y Skinner, Q. La Filosofía en la historia. Barcelona: Paidós, 1990.
Scott, Joan. Género e Historia. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2008.
Further Readings:
Atkinson, Ronald F. Knowledge and Explanation in History. Londres: MacMillan, 1989.
Burns, Robert M. y Hugh Rayment-Pickard. Philosophies of History: from Enlightenment to Post-modernity, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.
Cruz, M. La filosofía de la historia, Barcelona: Paidós, 2008
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat. Bosquejo de un cuadro histórico de los progresos del espíritu humano. Madrid: Editora nacional, 1980.
Collingwood, R. G. Idea de la Historia. México. Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004.
Danto, Arthur. Historia y narración. Barcelona: Paidós, 1989.
Day, Marc. The Philosophy of History, Londres, Nueva York: Continuum,2008.
Hempel, C.G. “The Function of General Laws in History.” The Journal of Philosophy 39, no. 2 (1942): 35-48.
Lara, María Pía. Narrar el mal. Una teoría postmetafísica del juicio reflexionante, Barcelona: Gedisa, 2009.
Mate, R. (ed.), Filosofía de la historia. Madrid: Trotta, 2005.
Mouffe, Ch. Agonística. Pensar el mundo políticamente. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004.
Popper, K. La miseria del historicismo. Madrid: Alianza, 2002.
Taylor, Ch. Argumentos Filosóficos. Barcelona: Paidós, 1997.
Walsh, W. Introducción a la filosofía de la historia, 1968.