Deconstruction

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

– Lectures to introduce both the singularity of these philosophical idioms and the topics of the syllabus

– Presentation of individual research by students

– Collective discussion based on the course bibliography

– Discussion of final paper with the instructor (this paper is designed to develop research, planning and writing skills).

Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to acquire competence in the philosophical areas and topics addressed in the course. This includes:
– recognizing of the singularity of philosophical idioms;
– developing reading and research skills, and the ability to think and to present their ideas orally and in writing;
– the ability to translate the philosophical knowledge acquired according to a certain idea of the University;
– rethinking “globalization” and some of its fundamental problems critically (see syllabus 1);
- recognizing the inventive and irreclaimable nature of art (syllabus 2);
– awareness of the need for and fundamental importance of Philosophy in the context of other areas of (humanist, social and technoscientific) knowledge and citizenship.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Syllabus 1: Philosophy, Ethics and Politics
Idioms of Hospitality and Resistance: Lévinas e Derrida
Hospitality, responsibility and justice are the topics to be explored in order to, with Emmanuel Lévinas and Jacques Derrida, approach the noncondition of both philosophical thought and “subjective identity”, and rethink “Citizenship”, “Democracy” and “Human Rights”.

Syllabus 2: Philosophy, Literature and Art
Experiences of Blindness: Thinking not seeing – Feeling the invisible

N.B. For lack of space, a detailed syllabus will be made available online in the course outline.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Fernanda Bernardo Alves

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

P 1  
Derrida, Da Hospitalidade, Palimage, Viseu, 2003
Derrida, Força de Lei, Campo das Letras, Porto, 2003
Derrida, Cosmopolitas de todos os países, mais um esforço!, MinervaCoimbra, Coimbra, 2oo1
Kant, Projet de Paix Perpétuelle, Vrin, Paris, 2002
Levinas, Hors Sujet, Fata Morgana
Levinas, Altérité et Transcendance, Fata Morgana, 1995
Col., Manifeste pour l'Hospitalité, ed. Paroles d'aube, Paris, 1999
Col., Le Livre de l'Hospitalité, Bayard, Paris, 2004

Bibliografia do programa 2 a apresentar na página da unidade curricular. / The bibliography for syllabus 2 with be presented in the online course outline.