Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Teaching code

4S02158

Coordinator

Nicola Turrini

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/03 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 2A dal Feb 18, 2019 al Mar 30, 2019.

Learning outcomes

The course aims at equipping students with a set of conceptual instruments and styles of thought concerning some great anthropological issues characterizing contemporary world and contemporary philosophical elaboration.
By the end of the course, students are expected to possess sufficient autonomy in retracing the main issues of the course and master its philosophical language and main conceptual issues.

Program

The course will address the post-structuralist thought of the Brazilian anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro who, taking up and developing the philosophical reflection of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, has proposed an anthropological focused on an "anti-narcissistic" posture, capable of breaking sovereignty of the subject and his supposed preeminence on the object analyzed. Lessons will examine in depth the notions of "amerindian perspectivism", "multinaturalism", "semiophagy" and "specularity", in their ethical and epistemological implications; following the proposed texts, we will try to outline a philosophical anthropology and an ethics of subjectivation that will renounce to treat the Other as a mirror image of the Same, and that rather return "an image of ourselves in which we do not recognize ourselves" (Patrice Maniglier).
For attending students, the teaching will focus on the teacher's lectures. Photographic documentation and audiovisual materials will be used. Students who will not attend classes must discuss the examamination’s program with the teacher.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Déborah Danowski, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro Esiste un mondo a venire? Saggio sulle paure della fine Nottetempo 2017
Bruce Albert, Davi Kopenawa La caduta del cielo. Parole di uno sciamano Yanomami Nottetempo 2018 Pagine selezionate
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro La foresta degli specchi. Note sull'ontologia degli spiriti amazzonici   la traduzione del testo francese verrà fornita durante il corso
Erwin Panofsky La prospettiva come forma simbolica Abscondita 2013 Pagine selezionate
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro Metafisiche cannibali Ombre Corte 2017
Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari Mille piani. Capitalismo e schizofrenia Orthotes 2017 Solo il Piano 10: "1730, Divenire-intenso, divenire-animale, divenire impercettibile…", pp. 292-377

Examination Methods

In order to pass the exam, students will need to show that:
- they possess a sufficient knowledge of the issues, the conceptual instruments, the great outlines of the commented texts.
- they possess the capacity to retrace and elaborate with sufficient accuracy and subjectivation the texts and their conceptuale perspectives.
The competence of all students, either those who attended the course or those who didn’t, will be ascertained by means of an oral examination. The final score will be expressed in /30s.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Teaching materials e documents