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History of Aesthetics II

Objectives

a) To understand the fundamental problems and concepts of the history of philosophical thought on Art.
b) To acquire the capacity to reflect on and discuss, in a critical way, the themes and concepts of philosophical Aesthetics by studying a selection of philosophical perspectives on those themes and concepts.
c) To develop the ability to read the texts and authors of the history of Aesthetics in a seminar and to develop the required skills to analyze them critically.

General characterization

Code

02112123

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Maria João Mayer Branco

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • BERNSTEIN, J.M. (1992). The fate of art. Aesthetic Alienation from Kant to Derrida and Adorno. Oxford/New York: PolityPress.
  • dE DUVE, Thierry (1996), Kant after Duchamp, Cambridge, Mass./ London: MIT
  • GEULEN, Eva (2006) The End of Art, Stanford University Press, Stanford/California
  • MONDZAIN, M.J. (2007). Homo Spectator. Paris: Bayard É ditions.
  • PIPPIN, R. B. (2021) Philosophy by Other Means: The Arts in Philosophy and Philosophy in the Arts, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press

Teaching method

Classes will take the form of seminars (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts). Within the context of a protocol signed with the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, there may be Open Lectures in collaboration with the Gulbenkian Foundation (as has happened already several times in past editions of the MA on Aesthetics and Artistic Studies).

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - 12 pages essay(80%), Participation in the classes(20%)

Subject matter

The course is an exposition and discussion of given themes or concepts of the history of philosophical Aesthetics through the reading and comparative analysis of selected texts by specific authors. The course will function as a seminar, and it will promote the direct contact with the selected works, as well as the consolidation of knowledge and critical skills regarding a fundamental problem of the history of Aesthetics. The latter will be explored as thoroughly as possible by means of a selection of ancient and/or modern authors. Examples of such problems are: the diversity of the arts and artistic genres, the place of art, or the arts, in the context of other human practices, the importance of the historical tradition for the artistic creation, the philosophical and reflective status of the aesthetic experience, the relationship between, body, and thought.