Should I hate myself? Narratives of Self-Love from Aristotle to Freud - AFS500310

• Title: Should I hate myself? Narratives of Self-Love from Aristotle to Freud
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=15854​
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. Anna Tropia, Ph.D.

Annotation

N.B. THIS IS NOT AN ERASMUS COURSE! It is structured as a seminar and addresses primarily MA students. It doesn't end up with a grade. Please contact the teacher before the start



SPRING TERM 2024
MA module
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Despite it is nowadays rather common to hear instructions like “you should be kinder to yourself”, or “you should love yourself more”, there is a solid philosophical tradition limiting and prescribing what is the right amount of love human beings owe to themselves. From Aristotle to Freud, passing through Pascal’s famous claim “the self is hateful”, diverse perspectives—theological, philosophical, literary, linguistic and psychological—will be explored in order to determine on the one hand what are the dangers arising from excessive self-love and, on the other, if it is possible to completely cancel such form of love.

Last update: Tropia Anna, doc., Ph.D. (13.02.2024)

Aim of the course

The aim of the course will be that of stimulating the discussion and the reflection by students around a selection of texts by exploring different philosophical traditions.

Last update: Tropia Anna, doc., Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

Course completion requirements

The requirements in order to complete this course are:

 

(1) In Class Active Participation, which includes: reading the assignements and regular attendance. Also, starting from the first classes, students will be asked to present the texts assigned for a short-in-class presentation (20'), to be discussed previously with the teacher. 

 

(2) A Final Oral exam (in presence or online), to be discussed in due time during the term. 

Last update: Tropia Anna, doc., Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

Syllabus

1)    21.2: Intro. Legitimacy of self-hate? Pascal's violence (starter)

2)    28.2: Aristotle. The magnanimous (EN, IV.3) and the classification of philia

3)    6.3: Thomas Aquinas in the wake of Aristotle: we cannot hate ourselves

4)    13.3: Augustine: the distinction between uti and frui (De doctrina christiana I)

5)    20.3: Duns Scotus, in the wake of Augustine

6)    27.3: Hadeijwich of Anverse and Teresa of Avila: love and joy

7)    3.4: Erasmus and Montaigne. On vanity and self-consideration

8)    10.4: Descartes’ generosity. The right amount of love (Passions, III)

9)    17.4: Pascal and the hate of one’s self (Pensées)

10)  24.4: Port-Royalists’ veto about the self (Logic of P-R)

11)  15.5:: Freudian views: narcisissm and self-hatred

 

Last update: Tropia Anna, doc., Ph.D. (31.01.2024)