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14667
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Communication Sciences
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable.
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
- Know the main roots, foundations, matrices, moments and historical figures of contemporary occidental thought;
- Know and understand the main questions and challenges facing contemporary thought;
- Be capable of thinking critically about the main problems that are fundamental to contemporary thought;
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Syllabus |
1. The roots and context of Contemporary Thought;
2. Main metaphysical, epistemological, ethical and political proposals: - From the critique of Metaphysics: the problem of the death of God; - the proposal for a critical metaphysics; - the paradox of incomprehensible freedom; - nihilism, truth-utility, will to power and perspectivism; - alterity, strangeness and otherness; critique of onto-theology; - the age of emptiness, the information age, economic globalization, and populism in the empire of the ephemeral: the time of a world-culture; the commodification of art; the aestheticization of politics
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Main Bibliography |
Main bibliography:
Bibliografia Sumária
Fukuyama, F. (1992). O Fim da História. Lisboa, Portugal: Circulo dos Leitores.
Jonas, H. (1985). The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. London, UK: University of Chicago Press.
Kant, I. (2011). Crítica da Razão Prática. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições 70.
Lipovetsky, G. (1983). L'Ère du vide : essais sur l'individualisme contemporain. Paris, France: Gallimard.
Neves, F. (2007). Introdução ao Pensamento Contemporâneo. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas.
Nietzsche, F. (1998). A Gaia Ciência. Lisboa, Portugal: Relógio d'Água.
Sartre, J.P. (1976). L'Être et le Néant, sous-titré essai d'ontologie phénoménologique. Paris, France: Gallimard.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
1. Critical summary of a class - 50% of the final grade; about the sessions to date. It will take place on May 15, 2020.
2. Delivery of a work project: first version until April 17, 2020; delivery of a second version of the work project until May 8, 2020; worth 10% of the final grade;
3. Final semester work - 40% of the final grade. The delivery should take place on May 22, 2020.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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