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What Is Culture?

What Is Culture?

Code	15577
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	.
Learning outcomes	The question "What is culture?" does not have to demand an immediate answer; on the contrary, it invites us to assume from the start the inquiring bid in which the question is played. In this sense, this course aims to stimulate the practice of philosophical questioning, through a fundamental theme of philosophy. At the end of the UC, the student should be able to: (i) identify issues concerning culture; (ii) make explicit the fundamental elements of the studied perspectives; (iii) discuss answers to the question "What is culture?"; (iv) problematize the notion of culture.
Syllabus	- Hominization and Humanization - Individual or community: fluid identity. - The origins of Culture: the "scapegoat" and "mimetic rivalry" theories. - Culture and barbarism - Nature and culture - The narrative aspect of cultures - Culture in late modernity - The University as a Place of Culture - The world-culture: is everything culture? - Reinterpreting the question "What is Culture?"
Main Bibliography	Benhabib, S (2002). The Claims of Culture. Equality and Diversity in Global Era (1-48). Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press Benjamin, W (1930)“Teorias do Fascismo Alemão” Elias, N (1976) O processo civilizador, cap 1. RJ: Zahar Editores Fisher, M (2014) Ghost of my life. Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures. UK: Zero books Girard, R (2004) Les origines de la culture, Desclée de Brouwer, Paris Gregório de Nissa (2018). A criação do homem. São Paulo: Paulus; capítulos VII-XI Lipovetsky G, Serroy, J (2008). La Culture-monde: Réponse à une société désorientée. Odile Jacob Plumwood, V. (2002) Environmental Culture. London & New York: Routledge Sidoncha, U (2017) "Ciência, Cultura, Ciências da Cultura – Subsídios para uma leitura epistemológica" in Sidoncha, U, Moura, C. Metamorfoses da Cultura. Lisboa: Nova Vega Sidoncha, U (2021) "A missão cultural das universidades", in Sidoncha, U & Rubim, A. Enlaces culturais Brasil-Portugal, Lisboa: Documenta
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.