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180103 SE Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics as First Philosophy (2011W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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pünktlicher Beginn und Ende
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 12.09.2011 10:10 to Tu 13.09.2011 17:00
- Registration is open from Th 15.09.2011 00:00 to Su 02.10.2011 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.01.2012 00:00
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
03.10.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
10.10.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
17.10.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
24.10.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
31.10.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
07.11.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
14.11.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
21.11.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
28.11.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
05.12.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
12.12.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
09.01.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
16.01.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
23.01.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Monday
30.01.
16:00 - 17:30
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
2Prerequisites for positive grading: Presence and activity; preparation of the texts; oral presentation and submission of a written paper.Regelmäßige Anwesenheit und aktive Mitarbeit;
Lektüre der Basistexte (je nach Zahl der TeilnehmerInnen evtl. Kurzprotokolle);
Mündliches Referat und schriftliche Seminararbeit
Lektüre der Basistexte (je nach Zahl der TeilnehmerInnen evtl. Kurzprotokolle);
Mündliches Referat und schriftliche Seminararbeit
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The seminar seeks
1. to provide insights into the basic ideals of Levinas’ thought in order to enable an independent reading and application of his ideas;
2. to clarify the central concepts, theses, and arguments of Levinas’ thought;
3. to carve out the significance and to test the limits of his critique of traditional, i.e., normative, teleological, and utilitarian ethics.
1. to provide insights into the basic ideals of Levinas’ thought in order to enable an independent reading and application of his ideas;
2. to clarify the central concepts, theses, and arguments of Levinas’ thought;
3. to carve out the significance and to test the limits of his critique of traditional, i.e., normative, teleological, and utilitarian ethics.
Examination topics
Introduction into the topic by the lecturer; presentations of selected chapters by students; collective reading, interpretation , and discussion of substantial passages; final discussion; feedback on the written papers.
Reading list
Levinas, Emmanuel (1987): Totalitaet und Unendlichkeit. Versuch über die Exterioritaet, uebers. v. W.N.Krewani, Freiburg/Muenchen: Alber.Eine Auswahl weiterfuehrender Literatur wird zu Semesterbeginn bekanntgegeben.
Association in the course directory
BA M 6.2, § 4.1.3, PP 57.3.4
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36
Levinas’ thinking of the other beyond ist inclusion into the logics of the same opens pathways for a substantial reflection on the many faces of violence that negate the otherness of the other by way of repudiating it, assimilating it, incorporating or, finally, by destroying it. In this context, Levinas’ attempt to found ethics on the pre-normative appeal of the other, gains ist full significance: As will be shown throughout the seminar, we can regard his philosophy as a substantial contribution to contemporary philosophies of difference and as a powerful tool to decipher the actual as well as the implicit violences of everydayness, politics, law and culture..