Learning objectives
Direct acquaintance with one or more works of the philosophical tradition. Comprehension and contextualization of each work in its theoretical and historical dimensions. Development of ability to analyze and critically understand philosophical texts, and in particular to identify and evaluate argumentations, through guided reading and discussion of the work/s, or by individual study of the work/s.
Course unit content
THE MESSIANIC ROOTS OF THE CONCEPT OF WORLD HISTORY
Bibliography
Hermann Cohen, Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism, Ungar, New York 1972, especially chapters 13 and 14
Karl Löwith, Introduction, in: Meaning in History, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 1949
Gershom Scholem, Towards an Understanding of the Messianic Idea in Judaism, in Idem, The Messianic Idea in Judaism and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality, Schocken, New York 1971
Teaching methods
Taught lectures; readings of key texts
