180033 SE Renaissance Magic: Theories and Concepts (2011S)
The cases of Marsilio Ficino and Agrippa von Nettesheim
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The course seeks to provide a comprehensible exposition of the Renaissance Neoplatonic magic as reflected in the influential and widely read texts of Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), Agrippa vn Nettesheim and some later authors such as Giordano Bruno and Giambattista della Porta.
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- Anmeldung von Fr 11.02.2011 14:00 bis So 27.02.2011 09:00
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max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
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- Freitag 04.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 11.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 18.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 25.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 01.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 08.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 15.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 06.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 13.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 20.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 27.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 03.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 10.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 17.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
- Freitag 24.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
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The course seeks to provide a comprehensible exposition of the Renaissance Neoplatoic mgic as refelcted in the influential and widely read texts of Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), Agrippa vn Nettesheim and some later authors such as Giordano Bruno and Giambattista della Porta. By means of guided close readings of selected and key primary texts the seminar will provide an advanced introduction to the philosophical aspects and problems of this intellectual current, and the concomitant socio-political and intellectual backdrop; the seminar will provide an outline of some pre-modern conceptualizations of new epistemologies that were going in tandem with a re-assessment of the human emotional life. The focus on the changing intellectual culture of Early modern Italy will also touch the changing conditions of research.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Apart from actively participating in the discussions of selected primary texts, students will be required individually to give a short talk and to write a ten page essay in English. For their research, students will refer to the primary and secondary literature provided for the seminar as well as to other relevant literature; in their essay, they will demonstrate their capacity handle the usual methods of scholarly documentation (footnotes and bibliography).
Please note: in order to obtain a certificate for this seminar it is necessary to give a talk and to write a paper, which should be related to the content of the talk but which will not merely be a summary of the verbal presentation.
Please note: in order to obtain a certificate for this seminar it is necessary to give a talk and to write a paper, which should be related to the content of the talk but which will not merely be a summary of the verbal presentation.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
The seminar will be held in English, accompanied by reading material from selected relevant primary sources and secondary literature at the student’s disposal in the library. General introductions to the historical and intellectual backgrounds of the texts under consideration will go along with close readings of selected passages from Ficino's De vita libri tres, the Agrippa's De occulta philosophia, Brunos De magia, and Porta's Magia naturalis.
Prüfungsstoff
Close reading, individual presentations general introductions
Literatur
Primary texts,
See summary aboveIntroductory secondary literatureCopenhaver 1988, Brian P.: «Astrology and magic» In: The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. (ed. Charles B. Schmitt, & al). Cambridge: 264-99Copenhaver 2007, Brian P.: «How to do magic and why: philosophical prescriptions» In: The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy. (ed. James Hankins). Cambridge: 137-69Walker 1969, Daniel P.: Spiritual and demonic magic from Ficino to Campanella. London (Warburg Institute).
See summary aboveIntroductory secondary literatureCopenhaver 1988, Brian P.: «Astrology and magic» In: The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. (ed. Charles B. Schmitt, & al). Cambridge: 264-99Copenhaver 2007, Brian P.: «How to do magic and why: philosophical prescriptions» In: The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy. (ed. James Hankins). Cambridge: 137-69Walker 1969, Daniel P.: Spiritual and demonic magic from Ficino to Campanella. London (Warburg Institute).
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
MA M 4, §4.2.1
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