Learning objectives
The course aims to foster discussion on the birth of Western thinking, the son of Greek rationality and 'Christian Eschatology, as output from the "madness" of the gods, with consequent devaluation as "crazy - a-rational" of all that escapes determinations of cause - and effect of non-contradiction.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Reading and analysis of contemporary and classic psychoanalysis and philosophy on the issue of dichotomy Rationality - Madness.
Full programme
The presence of madness in everyday human life, in dreams, in love or in all human behavior judged Irrational, causes our inability to "understand" the madness, this is particularly evident in contemporary psychiatry, reduced to pure Pharmacology, where the patient is not cured, but only sedated, to bring his deviance canons rational existence.
The conclusion, given by the teacher, and in connection to the Teacher - Educator, is both provocation and challenge, and the need to reconsider the "Madness" as an essential aspect of human experience, not opposed but connected and tied to rationality, as Soma and Psyche in 'man.
The course will make use of slides prepared by the lecturer, where we will analyze the theories of contemporary authors such as Galimberti, Recalcati, Mancuso and Risè well as references to classics of psychoanalysis and philosophy as Freud, Jung, Foucault, Deleuze and Lacan.
Bibliography
Umberto Galimberti: "I Miti del Nostro Tempo" , Feltrinelli, 2012
Massimo Recalcati: " Il Complesso di Telemaco", Feltrinelli, 2013
Massimo Recalcati: " L'Ora di Lezione, Einaudi, 2014
Vito Mancuso: "Il Principio Passione", Garzanti, 2013
Claudio Risè: "Il Padre: l'assente inaccettabile", San Paolo, 2007
Felix Guattari e Gilles Deleuze: "L'Anti Edipo" , Einaudi, 1972
Teaching methods
Participative lessons, classroom discussion with students, projection of video content.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, where the teacher will investigate the understanding of the arguments and the ability to articulate their own critical thinking by linking theoretical insights and reflections offered by the course.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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