Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500246 Philosophy | OB | 3 | 2 |
Proficiency in English and Spanish languages.
This subject offers a historical and systematic picture of the main philosophical problems addressed by the critical theory developed mainly by the so-called Frankfurt School. To this end, we will study the main texts that have produced the three generations of philosophers and the current trends of the feminist critical theory.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. Understanding the main problems and concepts used by critical theory.
2. To identify, analyze and explain some concepts and arguments.
3. To know the main theoretical approaches.
4. To be familiar with the main texts of the critical tradition.
5. To use the philosophical terminology appropriately
6. Developing the skills for the student's reasoning
7. To promote written and oral presentations of the acquired knowledge
8. To identify the conceptual, analytical and methodological potential offered by the critical theory
9. To establish a dialogue between the tradition of critical theory and other contemporary currents of social philosophy
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Class Activities | 7 | 0.28 | 1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 4, 3, 27, 18, 10, 24, 21, 22, 25 |
Grup discussions | 10 | 0.4 | 26, 12, 3, 18, 10, 24 |
Theorical Classes | 38 | 1.52 | 26, 11, 12, 14, 19, 21, 22 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Conducting works | 12.5 | 0.5 | 26, 17, 13, 19, 20, 10, 25 |
Tutorships | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 5, 6, 3, 15, 16, 19, 18, 24, 22, 23 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Compulsory Readings | 40 | 1.6 | 8, 7, 9, 15, 18, 22, 23, 25 |
Writing | 25 | 1 | 4, 27, 15, 19, 24 |
Evaluation:
Continuos evaluation consists in:
1. Two partial exams
Partial 1 (4 points)
Partial 2 (4 points)
2. To write an essay (2000 words) (2 points)
General information
- At the beginning of the course, the format to follow for the writing of the philosophical essay will be explained, and an expanded list of recommended readings will be provided.
- The dates for the written exams and the delivery of the remaining exercises are indicated in the course timeline. It will not be accepted any work out of the set dates. For more information, see the re-evaluation criteria.
- Any change in the assessment or content dates will be announced in advance.
- 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.
- 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.
Non evaluable students
The students who do not present at least one of the two partial exams will not be evaluated at the end of the course unless they contact with the person in charge of the subject with enough time in advance. In that case, the professor will find an alternative evaluation for the student.
Criteria for reevaluation
In order to have a final grade, it is mandatory for the student to be evaluated both the partial and the essay.
Date of re-evaluation: to be determined.
WARNING - STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE RE-EVALUATION MUST CONTACT BY EMAIL WITH THE SUBJECT PROFESSOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE OF THE DATA ESTABLISHED. PLEASE DO NOT FORGIVE TO EMAIL ME TO Gerard.Vilar@uab.cat
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Mid-term Exams | 50% | 3.5 | 0.14 | 1, 2, 26, 5, 6, 8, 7, 9, 17, 11, 12, 13, 14, 4, 3, 27, 15, 16, 19, 20, 18, 10, 24, 21, 22, 23, 25 |
Tutorships | 25% | 2 | 0.08 | 18, 24, 23 |
Writing a brief essay (2000 words) | 25% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 27, 18, 24 |
References
Adorno, Th. and Horkheimer, M., Dialectic of Enlightenment.
Adorno, Negative Dialectics.
Benjamin, The Arcades Project
Fraser, Nancy, Fortunes of feminism
Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action
Honneth, A., The Struggle for Recognition
Horkheimer, M., Critical Theory and Traditional Theory
Horkheimer, M, Critique of Instrumental Reason
Further Readings
Benhabib, S. (2006). Situating the Self.
Benhabib, S. et al (1995). Feminist contentions: a Philosophical Exchange. Londres: Routledge.
Fraser, Nancy (1997). Justice Interruptus. Critical Reflections on the “postsocialist” position.
____ (2008). Scales of Justice.
Habermas, J. (1989).The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
McCarthy, Th. (1992). Ideals and Illusions.
Jay, M. (1988). The dialectical Imagination.
Rush, F. (ed.) (2004). The Cambridge Companion to Critical Theory. Cambridge: CUP
Wiggershaus, R. (2012). The Frankfurt School.