French phenomenology of the body FIL-ENG>wm01
1. The body as a philosophical problem. The problem of the body in classical philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas)
2. French philosophy and its specificity. The body in French philosophy (Descartes, Maine de Biran, Bergson)
3. Phenomenology as a method. Characteristic features of French phenomenology. The first phenomenological studies of the body (Husserl)
4. To be body or to have a body? Towards a phenomenology of corporeality
5. Jean-Paul Sartre’s phenomenological ontology of the body
6. One’s own body in M. Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception
7. The corporeal fabric of the world in The Visible and the Invisible by M. Merleau-Ponty
8. E. Lévinas: Ethics rooted in the body
9. Phenomenology and hermeneutics of the body in Paul Ricoeur
10. The body in Michel Henry’s phenomenology of life
11. The body in the phenomenology of givenness of Jean-Luc Marion
12. The body and intersubjectivity – an outline of the erotic phenomenon
13. Metaphysical tendencies in the French phenomenology of the body
14. Phenomenology of the body and theology (Philosophy of Incarnation)
15. Recapitulation: transformations of phenomenology
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Learning outcomes
Student knows the most important positions and concepts of French phenomenology of the body.
Student knows and understands the specificity of phenomenological analysis of the body.
Student is able to compare phenomenological descriptions of corporeality with other philosophical approaches, especially the ontological one.
Assessment criteria
Student participation in each class is required; also, his or her activity will be measured by involvement in discussions. The lecture can be completed at the end of semester by submitting a speaking exam.
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