UHVM0051 Selected Topics in Philosophy 18 to 20 century II.

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course builds on the lecture series: Selected Topics in Philosophy I. The course further develops knowledge of the philosophy of culture and values ??on issues of human existence studied philosophy in the 19th and 20 century. Attention is also paid to the influence of cultural-anthropological research.
Syllabus
  • 1. Anthropological definition of culture E. B. Tylor.
    2. Historical and analytical concepts of anthropology F. Boase.
    3. The Golden Bough evolutionary anthropological model JG Fraser.
    4. The cultural pattern A. L. Kroeber.
    5. Cultural studies and comparative mythology G. Dumézil.
    6. Structural Anthropology C. Lévi-Strauss.
    7. S. Kierkergaard as the inspirer of existentialism.
    8. Definition of basic concepts of existentialism: existence, alienation, thrownness, temporality, finitude, anxiety.
    9. M. Heidegger and existentialism.
    10. Existentialism in the works of G. Marcela
    11. Existentialism in the works of K. Jaspers.
    12. Existentialism in the works of J.-P. Sartre and Albert Camus
    13. Anthropologisation philosophy in the 20th Century (powered welding head Scheler M to M. Landmann)
    14. A. Gehlen and his anthropological philosophy
    15. anthropological philosophy in the work of J. Habermas
    16. German postmodern philosophy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* 80% attendance, active participation
* Knowledge of key concepts and problems (written test)
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014.
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