ESA282 Europe and the Care of the Soul

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Martin Cajthaml, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 zruseno C21
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce student into the basic problems linked to the question of the spiritual roots of Europe with the special emphasis on the reflexions of Jan Patocka on this issue. Students will gain basic knowledge of chief topics of Patockas philosophy, i.e. of his phenomenological analysis of the life-world and of human existence, as wall as of his philosophy of history. Further, students will gain a rather detailed knowldge of Patockas writings on the crisis and the spiritual roots of Europe. The main emphasis will be laid on the explanation and the analysis of Patockas thesis that the most basic spiritual foundation of Europe is the socratic-platonic "care of the soul". Students will acquire ability to reflect critically on Patockas conception of the spiritual roots of Europe and see it in the light of other important contributions to this topic. The final aim of the course is to help students to perfect their ability to relfect critically and with philosophical precision their own cultural identity.
Syllabus
  • Patočka's conception of spiritual roots of Europe in his Natural world as philosophical problem and in his later texts
  • Patočka's conception of the spiritual roots of Europe as the history of the care of the soul
  • Reale's conception of the spiritual roots of Europe
  • Socrates, Plato / the discovery of the soul, concept of the soul in Plato
Literature
    required literature
  • Patočka Jan, Sebrané spisy, sv. II, Praha: OIKOYMENH 1999.
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr and Giovanni REALE. Kulturní a duchovní kořeny Evropy. Za obrození "evropského člověka" (Cultural and Spiritual Roots of Europe). Brno: CDK, 2005, 180 pp. Dějiny a kultura. ISBN 8073250683. info
    recommended literature
  • CAJTHAML, Martin and Petr OSOLSOBĚ. Care of the Soul, Quest for Virtue. Essays in Seach of Our European Spiritual Heritage. In Care of the Soul, Quest for Virtue. Essays in Seach of Our European Spiritual Heritage. 1st ed. Brno: CDK, 2008, 171 pp. ISBN 978-80-7325-139-0. info
  • CAJTHAML, Martin and Jakub JINEK. G. Reale, The School of Athens by Raphael. 1st ed. Sankt Augustin, SRN: Academia Verlag, 2008, 156 pp. ISBN 978-3-89665-377-2. info
  • CAJTHAML, Martin. Griechische und christliche Wurzeln Europas. Ein Vergleich. (Greek and christian roots of Europe. A comparison). In Europa ohne Gott? Auf der Suche nach unserer kulturellen Identität. 1st ed. Holzgerlingen: Hänssler Verlag, 2007, p. 54-70. ISBN 978-3-7751-4693-7. info
  • CAJTHAML, Martin. The care of the soul in Plato´s Gorgias. In Hans Rainer Sepp and Ion Copoeru (eds.): Phenomenology 2005, vol. IV, Selected Essays from Northern Europe. 1st ed. Bukurešť: ZetaBooks, 2007, p. 153-173. Phenomenology 2005, sv. 4. ISBN 978-973-88632-0-0. info
  • REALE, Giovanni. Platón : pokus o novou interpretaci velkých Platónových dialogů ve světle nepsaných nauk. Translated by Martin Cajthaml. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2005, 699 s. ISBN 8086005232. info
  • PLATÓN. Euthyfrón ; Obrana Sókrata ; Kritón ; Faidón ; Kratylos ; Theaitétos ; Sofistés ; Politikos. Edited by Platón, Translated by František Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 558 s. ISBN 8072980629. info
  • PLATÓN. Kleitofón ; Ústava ; Timaios ; Kritias. Edited by Platón, Translated by František Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 524 s. ISBN 807298067X. info
  • PLATÓN. Parmenidés ; Filébos ; Symposion ; Faidros ; Alkibiadés I, II ; Hipparchos ; Milovníci. Edited by Platón, Translated by František Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 430 s. ISBN 8072980637. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Péče o duši :soubor statí a přednášek o postavení člověka ve světě a v dějinách. Edited by Ivan Chvatík - Pavel Kouba. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1999, 398 s. ISBN 80-86005-91-7. info
  • PATOČKA, Jan. Sebrané spisy Jana Patočky. Praha: [Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku], 1996. info
Teaching methods
Lectures which requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
written exam, oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test na základě látky přednášek a zadané literatury
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači estetiky Bc., kteří začali své studium před více než čtyřmi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si nesmí předmět zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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