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Nature, Science and Philosophy in 18th. Century German Culture

Objectives

  • To acquire a good knowledge of the 18th. Century German Culture in its relation with the 17th.century;
  • To be able to read fundamental texts in the field of 18th. Century German Culture;
  • To define the concept of Age of Enlightenment (Aufklärung) and Enlightened Absolutism;
  • To help students organize a bibliographical research in order to conceive an oral presentation.

General characterization

Code

01106942

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Maria Gabriela Castro de Vilhena Fragoso

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of German language.

Bibliography

  •  ANGENENDT, Arnold. Toleranz und Gewalt. Das Christentum zwischen Bibel und Schwert. Verlag Aschendorff,Münster, 2008.
  •  BARRENTO, J. Literatura Alemã. Vol.I: séc.XVIII. Presença, Lisboa, 1989.
  •  BEALES, Derek, Enlightenment and Reform in 18th. Century Europe. I.B.Tauris, 2005.
  •  BEUTIN, W. História da Literatura Alemã (vol.1). Cosmos, Lisboa, 1993.
  •  BURGSTEDT, Angela. Das Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2004.
  •  KRONAUER, Ulrich. Gegenwelten der Aufklärung. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg, 2003.
  •  GUTHKE, Karl S. Lessings Horizonte. Grenzen und Grenzenlosigkeit der Toleranz. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2003.
  •  OUTRAM, Dorinda. Panorama of the Enlightenment. Thames & Hudson, 2006.
  •  REED, Terence James. Mehr Licht in Deutschland. Eine kleine Geschichte der Aufklärung. C.H.Beck, München, 2009.
  •  SCHMALE, Wolfgang. Das 18.Jahrhundert. Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2012.

Teaching method

Presentation of the various topics by the lecturer; reading and discussion of a selection of texts covering the topicsoutlined in the syllabus;
- Tutorial supervision of the research work related to the final oral presentation chosen by the student.
- The teaching method is mainly reflexive and oriented to the contents of the CU. Students will present and discuss keytexts.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - A mid-term test and a final test(50%), Oral presentation(50%)

Subject matter

a) From the Lutheran reformation to the pietismus of Philipp Jakob Spener and August Hermann Francke;
b)The works of Johann Joachim Winckelmann and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: harmonization between art and ethics;
c) From Christian Wolffs systematic rationalism to Kants idealism;
d) Women's contribution to the Enlightenment: the salonières;
e) Educational reforms and new pedagogical methods: the Philanthropinum;
f) Science and literature: the polymath (Universalgelehrter);
g) Voyages of scientific exploration : Georg Forster, Alexander von Humboldt;
h) Echoes of the French Revolution in Germany.