6 ECTS credits
156 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021081ANW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
The course offers a systematic and historical analysis and discussion of the most relevant developments of philosophy in the nineteenth century, mainly focusing on the authors who opened a critical dialogue with the Enlightenment, discovered and developed new philosophical problems and methodologies, and influenced the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
In this course, the student enters in contact with the crucial philosophies of the so-called "long nineteenth century": the era between the French Revolution (1789) and the beginning of the World War I (1914). The course consists mainly of the analysis of two philosophical constellations: German idealism (Schiller, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel) and the so-called school of suspicion (Marx, Nietzsche and Freud). The main themes of the course are: dialectics as method, as soul of the universe and as motor of history, theories of self-awareness, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, the capital and its revolutionary consciousness, the discovery of the pre-, un- and subconscious and the nihilism. These themes are discussed from a politico-philosophical, cultural philosophical, ontological and metaphysical perspective.
Attendance is strongly recommended.
Facilities for exchange students and non-native Dutch speakers.
Knowledge and insight
- Students have basic knowledge of the history of philosophy between 1789 and 1914.
- Students have basic knowledge of the philosophical accounts on the complex constitution of subjectivity and intersubjectivity from Schiller to Freud, the problem and potential of nihilism and the dialectic and genealogical methods.
Skills
- Students have the ability to correctly use and apply the philosophical terminology and concepts of the discussed authors .
- Students have the ability to analyze and synthesise philosophical texts.
- Students have the ability to identify and interpret philosophical and ethical problems in the content of the course, to formally and substantively develop these issues and to consistentely argue for the own point of view and/or conviction.
- Students have communicative skills for actively participating in discussions, writing papers and giving presentations.
- Students have the ability to search for and critically use philosophical and scientific sources relevant to their presentations and papers.
Attitudes
- Students have a critical, open-minded and cosmopolitan attitude with an interest in free research, Enlightenment and Humanism.
- Students have the ability to identify philosophical, ethical and humanistic issues in the philosophies from Schiller to Freud from a wider perspective than just their own identity and culture.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
LEC Presentation determines 40% of the final mark.
LEC Paper determines 60% of the final mark.
Within the LEC Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the LEC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Paper: 60% (students submit a paper related to the topics of the course).
Permanent evaluation: 40% (participation and presentation of one of the topics of the course).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Default track (only offered in Dutch)