Teaching code

4S007320

Teacher

Guido Cusinato

Coordinator

Guido Cusinato

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 15, 2021 al Jan 12, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of religion provides the necessary conceptual, methodological, and cultural foundations in order to enable to investigate religious experience from a phenomenological perspective. In addition to a deeper knowledge of the history of Western, and also extra-European, philosophical thought and its main conceptual lines, particular attention will be given to the knowledge of the contemporary philosophical debate. The course aims to develop the following skills: - ability to understand philosophical texts; - ability to use an appropriate philosophical terminology; - ability to compare peculiar aspects of the thought of the past with themes and / or authors of our time; - ability to communicate philosophical topics with specialists and non-specialists; - ability to to continue their studies at a higher level.

Program

The course title: The divine after the death of God
Who is the God who died in Nietzsche’s announcement? Can Nietzsche's methodical atheism become an opportunity to give a deeper reflection on the problem of the divine? Is it still possible to speak of the sacred after that announcement? And if yes, what kind of sacred? Does it invite me to transcend the world or overcome my egocentrism? Can there be an empirical sacred of which I can make a concrete experience? And, if so, what kind of relation can it have with fetichism? Furthermore, is the experience of this sacred only accessible for religious devotees? With this in mind, the course introduces and discusses various texts on the programme, focusing on the concept of exemplarity.
For the exam, students should prepare two texts chosen from the following list:
1) D. Bonoeffer, Resistenza e Resa, San Paolo (parti da concordare)
2) Guido Cusinato, Scheler. Il Dio in divenire, Padova 2001. Scaricabile gratuitamente in: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332291017_Scheler_Il_Dio_in_divenire_Max_Scheler_Der_werdende_Gott
3) Søren Kierkegaard, Timore e Tremore, BUR
4) Walter Otto, Teofania, Melangolo o Adelphi
5) Scheler, Formare l’uomo, FrancoAngeli
6) Simon Weil, Attesa di Dio, Adelphi 2008, pp. 87-201.
The lecturer is available for questions or support regarding the two chosen texts or secondary references.
The recorded lectures are an integral part of the examination.
Students are invited to contact the lecturer to discuss any doubts, queries or questions concerning their preparation for the examination.

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Examination Methods

The exam will assess whether students possess 1) deep knowledge of the main specific issues dealt with during the course and 2) the capacity to give an independent reflection on theoretical implications of those issues, using a language pertinent and appropriate to them.

There will be an oral examination. The examination is based on the recorded lectures and two texts of the student’s choice. The student can also take the examination by discussing a written paper as a writing exercise, especially if there is a specific interest or motivation. The topic of the paper must be agreed upon in advance with the lecturer during his office hours. The paper (about 20,000 characters long) must be delivered by e-mail seven days before the examination date. The file, in Word format, should be titled with the student’s SURNAME, NAME, TITLE OF THE COURSE. The paper should be thought of as a logically ordered list of the passages from the reference texts which impressed mostly or aroused interest. The own comments and the quotations should not be confused, so the latter should be placed in quotation marks along with the page numbers. The final part of the paper should be devoted to a short chapter on “Personal Reflection” (a couple of pages) in which the student can refer to her/his own experience or other texts.