PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
cod. 1000689

Academic year 2017/18
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Filosofia morale (M-FIL/03)
Field
Istituzioni di filosofia
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

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Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

The course deals with the birth and development of the idea of philosophy of history in relation to the history of Western world and culture. A special focus is on the reasons behind the crisis of this idea in contemporary philosophy.

Full programme

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Bibliography

G.W. F. Hegel, Introduzione alle Lezioni sulla filosofia della storia (a cura di G. Bonacina e L. Sichirollo, Laterza, Bari 2003, pp. 3-95).

J. Patočka, Saggi eretici sulla filosofia della storia (a cura di M. Carbone, Einaudi, Torino 2008)

K. Löwith, Significato e fine della storia (a cura di P. Rossi, Comunità, Torino 1963

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson and seminars

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral proof

Other information

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