PH2105 French Philosophy in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
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. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:10–15:45 J22
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.
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
Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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