PH0237 Hermeneutics and Methodology of Humanities

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Hroch, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 9:10–10:45 K12 nerezervovat
Prerequisites
It is necessary to study the book: J. Hroch, M. Konečná, L. Hlouch: Proměny hermeneutického myšlení. Brno: Centrum pro demokracii a kulturu 2010.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to gain a certain overwiew of the history of philosophical hermeneutics and the basic knowledge of depth hermeneutics and mainly to give the presuppositions for the development of hermeneutical thought in all its aspects and dimensions, as well as the methodogy of humanities. At the end of the course, the students will gain overview concerning these themes: The Origin of hermeneutics. Hermeneutics and mythical thought. Hérakleitos and presuppositions of the depth hermeneutics. Hermeneutical thought in Antiquity and Middle Ages.. German romantical hermeneutics. F. D. E. Schleiermacher. J. G. Droysen. W. Dilthey. Theories of hermeneutics by M. Heidegger, H.-G. Gadamer. Hermeneutical aspects J. Habermas philosophy. P. Ricoeur and the hermeneutics of the symbol and metaphor. The depth hermeneutics: symbol, archetype and mythical thought. The Relation of the philosophical hermeneutics. Hermeneutics and literary theory.The Foundations of legal hermeneutics.Hermeneutics and the methodology in the humanitie
At the end of the course, the students should be able: to acquire a reflect new theories of understanding; to be aware the humanities and social sciences have their special significance in the fact that no experience they deal with can be closed and finished.
Syllabus
  • 1. Hermeneutics, Enlightment, Romanticism.
  • 2. Philosophical hermeneutics in 19th and 20th century.
  • 3. Hermeneutic procedures in the philosophy of art, theology and legal theory and practice.
  • 4. The foundations of the hermeneutic procedures and hermeneutic reflections in humanities.
Literature
  • JUNG, Carl Gustav. Výbor z díla. Sv. 2, Archetypy a nevědomí [Jung] (Variant.) : Archetypy a nevědomí. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Čas a vyprávění. Vyd. 1. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002, 245 s. ISBN 80-7298-051-3. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. From Philosophical Hermeneutics to Depth Hermeneutics: Martin Heidegger,. Hans-Georg Gadamer and Carl Gustav Jung (From Philosophical hermeneutics to Depth Hermeneutics: Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Carl Gustav Jung). In Between the Human and the Divine. Philosophical and Theological Hermeneutics. Ed. Andrzej Wiercinski. 1st ed. Toronto: Hermeneutic Press, 2002, p. 492-501. ISBN 0 9525333 2 4. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Čas a vyprávění. Translated by Miroslav Petříček - Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2000, 319 s. ISBN 80-7298-017-3. info
  • GADAMER, H.-G. Filosofie a hermeneutika. Přeložil J. Hroch. Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 2000, vol. 2000, No 3, p. 439-444. ISSN 0015-1831. info
  • GADAMER, H.-G. Filosofie a hermeneutika. Přeložil J. Hroch. Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 2000, vol. 2000, No 3, p. 439-444. ISSN 0015-1831. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Hans-Georg Gadamer a hermeneutická filosofie (Hans-Georg Gadamer and Hermeneutical Philosophy). Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav akademie věd ČR, 2000, vol. 48, No 3, p. 445-463. ISSN 0015-1831. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Ke vztahu hlubinné hermeneutiky a metodologie humanitních věd (To the Relation of the Deep hermeneutics and the Methodology of Humanities). In Sborník prací filosofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, p. 113-125. ISBN 80-210-1994-8. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Člověk a řeč :(výbor textů). Translated by Jan Sokol - Jakub Čapek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1999, 154 s. ISBN 80-86005-76-3. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Praktická filosofie H.-G. Gadamera a morální konflikty současnosti (Practical Philosophy of H.-G. Gadamer and Moral Conflicts of Present Time). In Morální konflikty v dnešní Evropě. Moralkonflikte in heutigen Europa. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1998, p. 181-185. ISBN 80-70-67-822-4. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. Filosofická hermeneutika v dějinách a v současnosti (Philosophical Hermeneutics in Past and Present). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1997, 204 pp. ISBN 80-210-1709-0. info
  • HROCH, Jaroslav. K teoriím rozumění a k hermeneutické problematice v soudobé anglo-americké filosofii (On Theories of Understanding and on Hermeneutic Questions in Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy). Filosofický časopis. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 1997, vol. 45, No 1, p. 3-23. ISSN 00015-1831. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Problém dějinného vědomí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1994, 53 s. ISBN 80-7007-062-5. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Život, pravda, symbol. Translated by Jan Sokol - Miloš Rejchrt. 2. upr. vyd., 1. vyd. (samiz. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993, 255 s. ISBN 80-85241-32-3. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion, homework, written presentation
Assessment methods
The knowledge of the book by J. Hroch: Filosofická hermeneutika v dějinách a v současnosti. Brno 2003.Above all: J. Hroch, M. Konečná, L. Hlouch: Proměny hermeneutického myšlení. Brno: Centrum pro kulturu a demokracii 2010. Selected reading of the literature mentioned above. 2 written tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
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