Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500246 Philosophy | OB | 3 | 1 |
Proficiency in Spanish and English Languages.
The philosophy of history as a philosophical discipline is born with modernity, it acquires here part of its language and purpose: to explain social and political change as a result of the use of human freedom.
In this sense, the subject focuses on the study of philosophical reflection that has given us a language from which to weigh when and how to identify the meaning of a time to call historical.
In order to understand the emergence of the discipline and the new way of understanding history, the subject starts from a study of the classical view of history and then focuses on the study of great authors. disciplines and critiques of the language of modernity that have had their expression in postmodern thought.
The main objective will be to attend to the initial matrix of the discipline and its movements so that students can equip themselves with theoretical tools of analysis that, in addition, allow them to investigate their present.
The specific objectives of the subject are the following:
1. Understanding the main problems of the discipline
2. Knowledge of the main theoretical approaches in the treatment of these problems
3. Familiarity with the main texts and discourses of the tradition from the classics to the present
4. Get to know the vocabulary and arguments developed in the past
5. Establish a dialogue between the texts and ideas of tradition and the present as history
6. Cultivate the meaning of history in the student as a central element of understanding social and cultural problems
7. Cultivate student skills and abilities for storytelling
The syllabus is structured in a series of fundamental authors for the argument and the lexicon, which will be worked according to the following order and combinations:
1. What is the story? Herodotus, Thucydides and St. Augustine.
2. The Sense of History and the Idea of Progress: I. Kant, G.W.F. Hegel, K. Marx and A. de Tocqueville.
3. Criticisms of the progressive conception of history: F. Nietzsche, M. Heidegger, H. Arendt and W. Benjamin
4. Postmodernity and the end of history: A. Kojève, J.F. Lyotard, M. Foucault and R.Rorty.
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. |
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Tutorship | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 22, 8, 10, 6, 4, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 19 |
Type: Supervised | |||
work at home | 26 | 1.04 | 22, 8, 9, 16, 11, 6, 4, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Classes | 71.5 | 2.86 | 1, 8, 9, 16, 12, 17, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24 |
The evaluation will be done on three elements:
A) Specific writing exercises on some of the compulsory readings: exercise 1 = 30%; exercise 2 = 30%; for a total of 60% of the final grade.
B) A final exam, for a total of the 40% of the final grade.
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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Final exam | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 16, 10, 11, 6, 4, 12, 13, 17, 15, 18, 20, 21, 19, 23, 24 |
Short essay I | 30% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 16, 10, 11, 6, 4, 12, 13, 17, 15, 18, 20, 21, 19, 23, 24 |
Short essay II | 30% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 16, 10, 11, 6, 4, 12, 13, 17, 15, 18, 20, 21, 19, 23, 24 |
References:
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.
Foucault, M. Nietzsche, la Genealogía, la Historia. Pre-textos, 2014.
Fukuyama, F. "The end of History?", National Interest - summer 1989.
Hegel, F. La fenomenología del espíritu. México: FCE, 1985.
____. Lecciones sobre la Filosofía de la historia universal. Madrid: Alianza, 2019.
Heidegger, M. El ser y el tiempo. FCE, 2018.
Honneth, A. La lucha por el reconocimiento. Barcelona, Crítica, 1997.
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.
Kojève, A. Introducción a la lectura de Hegel, Trotta, 2013.
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.
Nietzsche, F. Segunda consideración intempestiva. Tecnos, 2018.
Rorty, R.; Schneewind, J. B.; y Skinner, Q. La Filosofía en la historia. Barcelona: Paidós, 1990.
Further Readings:
Atkinson, Ronald F. Knowledge and Explanation in History. Londres: MacMillan, 1989.
Burns, Robert M. y HughRayment-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.
Löwith, K. Historia del mundo y salvación. Katz, 2007.
Löwith, K. De Hegel à Nietzsche. Gallimard, 1969.
Mate, R. (ed.), Filosofía de la historia. Madrid: Trotta, 2005.
Walsh, W. Introducción a la filosofía de la historia, 1968.
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