ESAA61 Attempts at Pragmatic Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016

The course is not taught in Autumn 2016

Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Joseph Rostinsky (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 10:50–12:25 U11
Prerequisites
The course is intended for advanced students with the capabilities of reading and intepreting an English text and who had completed some basic course of philosophy during their bc. or mgr. study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
An overall view of the American Aesthetics of Pragmatism, its representants and main works, with special regard to conteporary trends in the human sciences.
Syllabus
  • Pragmatic thought, as conceived by Charles S. Peirce and formulated by William James, originated within the context of the American Gilded Age, the time of rapid industrialization and the paradoxical union of corruption and decency. The focus of the course is the critical interpretation and evaluation of the pragmatist’s attempt at defining the expedient function of aesthetic beauty in modern society. Passages of selected texts will be analyzed and elucidated within historical framework and the recent revival of neo-pragmatic thought in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Bibliography (Selected Passages): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1841): Art. In: The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Brooks Atkinson, Ed.). New York: The Modern Library, 2000, (pp.274-277). Santayana, George (1935): The Last Puritan. A Memoir in the Form of a Novel. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994, (pp.551-555). Santayana, George (1896): The Sense of Beauty. Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory. New York: The Modern Library, 1955, (pp.111-113; 155-165). Veblen, Thorstein (1899): The Theory of the Leisure Class. Penguin Books, 1994, (pp.146-154). Further References: Appel, Karl-Otto (1967): From Pragmatism to Pragmaticism. (John Michael Krois, Trans.), New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1995. Brent, Joseph (1998): Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. James William (1902): The Varieties of Religious Experience. Penguin Books, 1985. Menand, Louis (2001): The Metaphysical Club. A Story of Ideas in America, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Sheppard, Anne (1987): Aesthetics. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. Oxford University Press.
Literature
  • Menand, Louis (2001): The Metaphysical Club. A Story of Ideas in America, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Sheppard, Anne (1987): Aesthetics. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. Oxford University Press.
  • Santayana, George (1896): The Sense of Beauty. Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory. New York: The Modern Library, 1955, (pp.111-113; 155-165). Veblen, Thorstein (1899): The Theory of the Leisure Class. Penguin Books, 1994, (pp.146-154).
  • Appel, Karl-Otto (1967): From Pragmatism to Pragmaticism. (John Michael Krois, Trans.), New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1995. Brent, Joseph (1998): Charles Sanders Peirce. A Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. James William (1902): The Varieties o
  • The essential Santayanaselected writings. Online. Edited by George Santayana - Martin A. Coleman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009. xlviii, 64. ISBN 0253221056. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
Teaching methods
Reading and interpreting primary sources and the secondary literature. Colloquium.
Assessment methods
Colloquium.Oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: English language.
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