PHNF Contemporary French Philosophy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 A11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows: to understand the specificity of contemporary French philosophy;
to learn about the most significant thinkers and streams of the 20th century French Philosophy;
to determine and characterize key themes;
to understand basic methods of research (e.g. structural method, deconstruction)
At the end of the course students will be able to interpret the philosophy of the period and understand French philosophical institutions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to;
identify significant thinkers and streams of the 20th century French Philosophy;
determine and characterize key themes in French Philosophy;
understand basic methods of research (e.g. structural method)
understand French philosophical institutions.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to 19th and 20th century French philosophy (specificity of French philosophy, philosophical institutions in France);
  • Turn of the 19th and 20th century;
  • Philosophy of intuition (Bergson);
  • Christian personalism and existentialism (Marcel);
  • Existentialism and phenomenology (Sartre, Merleau-Ponty);
  • Marxism (Sartre);
  • Structuralism (Foucault, Lévi-Strauss);
  • Deconstruction (Derrida)
Literature
  • DESCOMBES, Vincent. Stejné a jiné :čtyřicetpět let francouzské filosofie (1933-1978). 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1995, 181 s. ISBN 80-85241-74-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, home reading
Assessment methods
Oral examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies, based on lectures and home reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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