Degree | Type | Year |
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Philosophy | OB | 3 |
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Philosophy of history as a philosophical discipline was born with modernity and acquired here part of its discourse and purpose that are not alien to the production of knowledge and the arrogation of power. In this way, history ceases to focus only on facts, in the manner of a science, and is constituted from the accounts of facts. In other words, History is stories. Hence, history, particularly in its hegemonic declination, constitutes a problem for philosophy with several edges, which we can specify in three philosophical areas: ontology or being as subject, epistemology or truth as force and ethics with politics or action as transformation.
In this context, the specific objectives of the course are the following:
1.To critically analyze the philosophical foundations of history as a discipline and as a story.
2.To explore the distinction between History (as an institutionalized discourse of the past) and Story (as a situated and plural narrative), from a relational perspective.
3.To unfold the ontological, epistemological and ethical-political implications of a philosophy of history that recognizes the plurality of worlds and ways of narrating and the knowledge that corresponds to them.
4.To incorporate non-hegemonic voices and perspectives in history and in its theoretical consideration: feminist, decolonial, indigenous and Afro-descendant.
5.To cultivate the sense of history as a central element for understanding current social challenges.
6.To promote the critical and situated relationship of students with the history of the territory to contribute to its counter-narrative.
Topic 1 - What is the philosophy of history today?
1. The philosophy of history: concepts around time
2. History as a discipline, as a story and as an event.
3. The question of the meaning of history: teleology, rupture and contingency.
Michel de Certeau – The writing of history (1975)
Walter Benjamin – On the concept of history (1940) Theses I and theses VI-X
Hannah Arendt – Between Past and Future (1961)
María Zambrano – Philosophy and poetry (1939) fragments
Simone Weil – The Iliad or the poem of force (1939) fragments
Topic 2 - From History to Story. The sense of / in memory.
1. History as a modern-colonial device.
2. Story as situated, relational and performative narrative.
3. History as knowledge in / of the plural.
Topic 3 - A subject for history.
1. From the spirit to the spectrum, passing through the testimony
2. The validity of the myth and the universal subject
3. Linearity, progress and national projects
Topic 4 – A truth for history
1. History in a / as situated epistemology
2. The material archive of history
3. Philosophy, literature, art and/or history
Topic 5 – An action for history
1. Politics of history and genealogies of power
2. The historical narrative as a technology of domination
3. Challenges for a minor history philosophy
Topic 6 - Artistic, activist and community practices as a philosophy of living history
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Presentation of the course. Theoretical expositions of main concepts. Commentary of significant texts. Assessment of course topics and methodology. | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 5, 22, 8, 10, 11, 6, 4, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 19 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutoring | 26 | 1.04 | 3, 5, 22, 7, 9, 11, 6, 4, 13, 15, 20, 21, 24 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of topics and texts (dossier). Preparation of presentation. Preparation of text commentary | 71.5 | 2.86 | 1, 5, 8, 9, 16, 6, 4, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24 |
The teaching methodology is established based on three axes and emphasizes the social dimension of the subject's contents: 1. Reading and text analysis. The teaching program is organized around the syllabus and the corresponding mandatory readings. The texts will be worked on individually outside the classroom and shared in class, where the conceptual content will be developed. Hence the importance of attending and participating in class. 2. Theoretical classes. The classes will have the format of a master class as well as a seminar, with outstanding student participation. 3. Tutorials to develop individual and group assessment activities. The Campus Virtual will be used. If it is necessary to establish contact with the teacher, it must be done during office hours and, exceptionally, via email. The written tests will be delivered in hard copy. In the case of telematic teaching, communication will be carried out by e-mail and through the Microsoft Teams platform. If training activities relevant to the course content take place in the department or other relevant teaching contexts, it is advisable to attend them. The course will integrate the ApS (Service-Learning) approach in collaboration with a local entity. Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to complete the teacher performance evaluation surveys and the subject/module evaluation. |
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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final exam | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 16, 10, 11, 6, 4, 12, 13, 17, 15, 18, 20, 21, 19, 23, 24 |
Preparation and participation in class | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 16, 10, 11, 6, 4, 12, 13, 17, 15, 18, 20, 21, 19, 23, 24 |
Text commentary 20% Group Presentation 20% | 40% | 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 |
The Department of Philosophy agreed that the subjects of the first semester would have two periods of concentration of evaluation activities and a week in which students could prepare specifically for the tests in the modality that each teacher will specify at the beginning of the course.
The dates for the review week and in which the tests will be concentrated are:
27 Oct.- 31 Oct.: review week or tutorials (one class will be dedicated to doing a self-evaluation questionnaire and the other class to reviewing doubts about the content and evaluation of the subject)
3 Nov. -7 Nov.: evaluation week
8-9-12-13-14 January: evaluation week
Erasmus students who request to advance an exam must present the teacher with a written document from their home university justifying their request.
The assessment of the course is continued and presupposes the attendance in class and the constant follow-up of the course. To pass the course, the final exam must be at least 5. If a student does not meet this condition, they must be submitted for reassessment. Any student, however, may be submitted to the re-assessment to increase the exam grades. The date of the final exam will coincide with the last day of classes.
The commentary and the group presentation are not subject to re-evaluation in any case.
The student who has only carried out evaluation activities with a value of less than 30% will be assessed as non-evaluable.
There is no second call. The teacher will assign a day, hour and place of review of examination once they have evaluated the activities of the course and have put the global mark of qualification. The students that have to do the re-evaluation will have a specific day of review once they have done the aforementioned re-evaluation activity. Exam, text commentary and group presentation. The exam will consist of answering a question and elaborating a text commentary, according to the guidelines explained and worked in class and which is the basis of the group presentation.
Participation in class. Since the subject is formed as a seminar, the teacher will value the active participation in the class beyond the mandatory exposition. Prepare classes at home, expand content, make contributions, etc. These are activities that, apart from the value they have in the course evaluation, will help to round out the note.
SINGLE EVALUATION
Evidences: Exam (consisting of a question to be answered and a text commentary), Text commentary referring to oneof the texts included in the dossier, and Comparative Reading Exercise. All three evidences will be delivered on the same date.
Grade of evidences: Exam 50%, Text commentary 25% and Comparative Reading Exercise 25%.
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 studentsare 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 disciplinaryprocess that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student willbe given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as [***bibliographic or content-based searches, text correction or translations, where applicable].
In the case of subjects in a Modern Languages degree, use of translation must be specifically authorised by the teacher. Other specific situations may be contemplated, as deemed appropriate by the teacher.
The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity.
Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero.
In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
The bibliography of the course will be indicated on the first day of class.
No specfic software is required
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |