UZPH2105 French Philosophy in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 A11 stara
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)
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
Assessment methods
Written exam 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 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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