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
Simmel and Cassirer on the concept of "tragedy of culture"
Bibliography
Georg Simmel, The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903)
Georg Simmel, On the Concept and the Tragedy of Culture (1911)
Georg Simmel, The Conflict in Modern Culture (1918)
Ernst Cassirer, Life and Spirit (1928), in Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms
Ernst Cassirer, Form and Technology (1930)
Ernst Cassirer, The "Tragedy of Culture", in: The Logic of the Humanities (1942)
Teaching methods
Taught lectures; readings of key texts
