PHV148 Montaigne a Rousseau: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Špelda, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
PHBD4
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
there are 23 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce philosophical thought of Michel de Montaigne and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The first half of lectures deals with the most important topics of Montaigne’s philosophy: scepticism, anthropology, problem of subjectivity, concept of history. The second half of lectures focus on the main topics of Rousseau’s philosophy: anthropology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history, social philosophy.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to introduce the main concepts of Montaigne’s and Rousseau’s philosophy; to explain their basic problems; to formulate their assumptions and consequences; to reconstruct and to evaluate their arguments; to show their dependency on context; to characterize their historical conditionality.
Syllabus
  • 1. Montaigne: scepticism, anthropology, problem of subjectivity, concept of history
  • 2. Rousseau: anthropology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history, social philosophy
Literature
  • SOBOTKA, Milan. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: od "Rozpravy o původu nerovnosti" ke "Společenské smlouvě". První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 64 stran. ISBN 9788024627434. URL info
  • Rousseau and L'Infamereligion, toleration, and fanaticism in the age of Enlightenment. New York: Rodopi, 2009, 308 p. ISBN 9789042025059. info
  • ZNOJ, Milan. Jean-Jacques Rousseau : 230 let od úmrtí : sborník textů. Edited by Marek Loužek. Vyd. 1. Praha: CEP Centrum pro ekonomiku a politiku, 2008, 132 s. ISBN 9788086547701. info
  • Rousseau's theodicy of self-loveevil, rationality, and the drive for recognition. Edited by Frederick Neuhouser. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, xii, 279 p. ISBN 0199542678. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Montaigne. Edited by Ullrich Langer. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvii, 247. ISBN 9780521819534. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Rousseau : Rousseau (Variant.). Edited by Patrick Riley. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xii, 453 s. ISBN 0-521-57265-7. info
  • Montaigne et la revolution philosophique du XVIe siecle. Edited by Jacques Lemaire. Bruxelles: Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1992, 164 s. info
  • STAROBINSKI, Jean. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Neuchâtel: Baconnière, 1978, 122 s. ISBN 2825200077. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2023/PHV148