2023
Philosophy of Culture
Name: Philosophy of Culture
Code: FIL12740L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Philosophy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
At the end of the curricular unit, the students should be able to:
- To identify the main characteristics of the notion and the phenomenon of culture;
- To master the main concepts of the cultural thought;
- To use some of these notions in the hermeneutics of contemporary culture;
- To be able to debate contemporary problem fields on the topic of culture with the help of concepts and
methodology previously discussed during class;
- To have read and discussed at least to fundamental texts included in the bibliography of the unit.
- To identify the main characteristics of the notion and the phenomenon of culture;
- To master the main concepts of the cultural thought;
- To use some of these notions in the hermeneutics of contemporary culture;
- To be able to debate contemporary problem fields on the topic of culture with the help of concepts and
methodology previously discussed during class;
- To have read and discussed at least to fundamental texts included in the bibliography of the unit.
Contents
I. The Idea of culture and its history
- The Latin cultura: Culture of your spirit is philosophy (Cicero)
- From culture to Kultur
II. The formation of the notion of culture in the XVIIIth century.
- From the quest of happiness to the education of Man
- Culture and Mankind education
III. Philosophical analysis of the concept of culture
- Culture and nature
- Culture and history
III. From the culture of the Spirit to the entertainment industry
- The infinite reproducibility of Culture
- Culture, kitsch and trade value.
IV. Culture and the human phenomenon
- The symbolic animal as creator of culture
- Culture as strategy of detachment
- Culture as a project of nature
- The Latin cultura: Culture of your spirit is philosophy (Cicero)
- From culture to Kultur
II. The formation of the notion of culture in the XVIIIth century.
- From the quest of happiness to the education of Man
- Culture and Mankind education
III. Philosophical analysis of the concept of culture
- Culture and nature
- Culture and history
III. From the culture of the Spirit to the entertainment industry
- The infinite reproducibility of Culture
- Culture, kitsch and trade value.
IV. Culture and the human phenomenon
- The symbolic animal as creator of culture
- Culture as strategy of detachment
- Culture as a project of nature
Teaching Methods
TP Classes (assessed through a test 70% of final grade): theoretical exposition and debate on texts.
TC Classes (individual report 30% of final grade): organization of lecture - debate by the teacher with the
participation of the students on relevant topics of the matter
The examination regime includes a final proof
TC Classes (individual report 30% of final grade): organization of lecture - debate by the teacher with the
participation of the students on relevant topics of the matter
The examination regime includes a final proof
Teaching Staff
- Olivier Martin Louis Albert René Feron [responsible]
