Universität Wien

180031 SE Pre-colonial and Postcolonial Aesthetics (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 18.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 15.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 31.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

: In this on-site Seminar (physical presence) we will read texts on Indian Aesthetics from a pre-colonial and post-colonial perspective. The main aim of this seminar is to investigate possibilities to de-colonize current epistemologies which are based on an exclusion of epstimological practices which are not rooted in the history of European modernity (Chakrabarty 2000, Spivak 2013). To call an epistemological pre-modern often serves as a weapon to discriminate its significance for today. The seminar will try to identify several rhetorical figures, which are typical for such practices of exclusions.
Method: the students will have to send an audio file with their oral presentation of a text they have chosen from the literature list to the course instructor before they will have their oral presentation in the seminar. All participants of the seminar are obliged to listen to these audio presentations before the group discussion of the text in question in the seminar

Assessment and permitted materials

1) Oral presentation (15 minutes) and written reflection on the presentation
2) An audio-recording of this presentation has to be sent to the course instructor via email some days before the presentation of the lecture. The audio-file is the second part of your achievements for the seminar.
3) The third criterion for the evaluation is active participation in the seminar discussions.
By registering for this course, you agree that the automated plagiarism checking software Turnitin will check all written submissions made by you via Moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The overall grade implies: 1) oral presentation (35%), 2) audio-file (30%), 3) active participation in the group discussions (35%). Grading scale: 0-50 % = insufficient. 51-63 points = sufficient. 64-76 points = satisfactory. 77-89 points = good. 80-100 points = very good. One needs to achieve > 50% to pass the seminar. In case of an excused absence (max. 2 per semester) you are asked to inform the course instructor in time.

Examination topics

All seminar participants must orally present a text that is provided on Moodle for the course. The presentations should elaborate the most important ideas of the text for all seminar participants, question them critically and contextualize them historically. The orally presented texts should be sent in advance as audio files to the course instructor (arno.boehler@univie.ac.at), who will make them available on Moodle. File name: DATE_NAME_SE_

Reading list

Literatur/Literature/
Dipesh Chakrabarty (2000): Provincializing Europe. Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Princeton University Press: Princeton.
Deshpande G.T. (19922): Abhinavagupta. Sahitya Akademi: Delhi
The Aphorisms of Shiva (1992): The SivaSūtra with Bhāskara’s Commentary, the Vārttika Translated with Exposition and Notes by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. Foreword by Pual E. Muller-Ortega, SUNY Series in Tantric Studies. State University of New York Press: New York.

Weiterführende Literatur /Further recommended Literature
Muller-Ortega, Paul Eduardo (1989): The Triadic Heart of Siva. State University of New York Press: New York.
Bäumer, Bettina (2016): Die flüssige Natur ästhetischer Erfahrung. Polylog 35, 89–95.
Böhler, Arno und Loughnane, Adam und Parkes, Graham (2015): „Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions.“ Performance Philosophy Journal Vol 1, 133–147.
Bharata Muni (2015): The Nāṭyaśāstra. Übersetzt von Manomohan Ghosh. Asiatic Society of Bengal: Calcutta 1951.
De Michelis, Elizabeth (2008): Modern Yoga. History and Forms. In: Byrne, Jean (Hg.): Yoga in the Modern World. Contemporary Perspectives. Rutledge: London / New York.
Gnoli, Raniero (1985): The Aesthetic Experience According to Abhinavagupta. The Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office: Varanasi.
Saxena, S. K. (2010): Aesthetics. Approaches, Concepts and Problems. Sangeet Natak Adademi: India.
Spivak, G: Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization, Harvard University Press: Cambridge 2012.
The Stanzas on Vibration (1992): Translated with Introduction and Exposition by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. New York: University Suny Press.
White, David Gordon (1991): Tantra in Practice. Princeton Readings in Religions. Princeton University Press: Princeton.
White, David Gordon (2000): Tantra in Practice: mapping a Tradition. In: ders. (Hg.): Tantra in Practice. Princeton University Press: Princeton / Oxford.
Literatur wird auf Moodle bereitgestellt.

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