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Contemporary Ontological Thinking - OPDX1O108B
Title: Současné ontologické myšlení
Guaranteed by: Katedra občanské výchovy a filosofie (41-KOVF)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2021
Semester: both
E-Credits: 0
Hours per week, examination: 0/0, other [HT]
Extent per academic year: 8 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: combined
Teaching methods: combined
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
enabled for web enrollment
can be fulfilled in the future
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D. (23.11.2020)
This course introduces students to contemporary ontological thinking and to its main concepts and theoretical foundations. Students will not only gain an overview of contemporary ontology, but also an understanding of its background, methodology, the cultural and historical contexts of its origin, and its consequences in science, art and politics. Students should be able to orient themselves in present-day discussions in the field. The main goal for students is to be able to work with the concepts of contemporary ontology in other fields of philosophy and social sciences, including the philosophy of education. Content: ● The controversy over the nature of being in contemporary ontology. Vitalist ontology (Deleuze), object ontology (Graham Harman), new materialism (De Landa,); speculative realism (Meillassoux); posthuman "non-philosophy" (Laruelle, Kolozová); the ontology of multiplicity and events (Badiou); real ontology (Žižek); insubstantial ontology (Bondy); evolutionary ontology (Šmajs). The historical situation of ontology (Adorno). Dividing lines in contemporary ontology: the role of the subject and boundaries. The problem of humanism and posthumanism. ● What does materialistic ontology mean? Critiques of Platonism, Aristotelianism, Soviet "dialectical materialism" and "anthropocentrism." Do basic ontological principles exist (idea, logos, matter)? Badiou and Žižek's idea that being is less than nothing. Heidegger's conception of things ("Un-ding") as a source of inspiration for materialistic ontology. ● Ontology, subject and truth in Badiou's thinking. Why doesn't philosophy create truths? The existence of truths outside philosophy (science, politics, art, love). Badiou's conception of the situation as a condition for the emergence of truth-events. Generic procedure and issues of social change. The intensity of the appearance of truth in many "worlds". The problem of sociological deficits in Badiou's ontology (the concepts of process, tendencies and anticipation). An introduction to Badiou's political philosophy, theory of art and philosophy of education.
Literature -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D. (17.11.2020)

Obligatory literature:

 

BADIOU, Alain. Being and Event. London: Continuum, 2007 (vybrané kapitoly). ISBN 978-0-8264-9529-7.

BADIOU, Alain. Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy. London: Continuum, 2003. ISBN 0-8264-7929-4.

BADIOU, Alain. Manifest za filozofii a jiné texty. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2014.

DELEUZE, Gilles a GUATTARI, Félix. Tisíc plošin. Praha: Herrmann a synové,2010. ISBN 978-80-87054-25-3.

Bondy, Egon a Machovec, Martin, ed. Filosofické dílo. Sv. I, Útěcha z ontologie: substanční a nesubstanční model v ontologii. 3. (v DharmaGaii 2.) vyd. Praha: Dharma, 2007. 311 s. ISBN 978-80-86685-21-2.

DOLPHIJN, Rick a van der Tuin, Iris (eds.). New Materialism: Interviews and Cartographies. Ann Arbor: Open Humanities Press, 2012.  

MULLARKEY, John a SMITH, Anthony Paul (eds.). Laruelle and Non-Philosophy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

 

Recommended literature:

 

BADIOU, Alain. Logics of Worlds. London: Continuum, 2009 (vybrané kapitoly).

BADIOU, Alain, Metapolitics. London: Verso, 2005.

BADIOU, Alain. We Need a Popular Discipline: Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of the Negative. Critical Inquiry. 2008, roč. 34, s. 645–659.

HALLWARD, Peter. Badiou: A Subject to Truth. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003.

HAUSER, Michael. Materialistická dialektika Alaina Badioua a prodloužený život filosofie. In: BADIOU, Alain. Manifest za filozofii a jiné texty. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2014. s. 7-19.

JANOŠČÍK, Václav (ed.). Objekt. Praha: Kvalitář, 2015. ISBN 978-80-260-8639-0.

JOHNSTON, Adrian. Badiou, Žižek and Political Transformations. The Cadence of Change. Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 2009.

JOHNSTON, Adrian. Zizek´s Ontology: A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity. Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 2008.

LEMKE, Thomas. Materialism Without Matter: The Recurrence of Subjectivism in Object-Oriented Ontology. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory. 2007, roč. 18, č. 2, s. 133-152.

NESBITT, Nick (ed.). The Concept In Crisis. Reading Capital Today. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017. 

PANAGIOTIS, Sotiris. Beyond Simple Fidelity to the Event: The Limits of Alain Badiou´s Ontology. Historical Materialism. 2011, roč. 19, s. 35-59.

RUDA, Frank. For Badiou, Idealism without Idealism. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2015.

Teaching methods -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D. (17.11.2020)

Lecture, seminar, individual work.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D. (17.11.2020)

In addition to general and overall knowledge, the student will focus on a selected direction of ontological thinking, which he or she will study in its complexity and in detailed features.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Michael Hauser, Ph.D. (17.11.2020)

Oral exam based on recommended literature.

 
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