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Lecturer(s)
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Vendra Maria Cristina Clorinda, Mgr. PhD.
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Course content
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Part I ? Sources and concepts 1 Introduction: What is eco-phenomenology? 2 Philosophical foundations of eco-phenomenology 3 Core principles of eco-phenomenology 4 Life, human life, post-human life, and the cosmos Part II ? Authors 5 Merleau-Ponty and the ecological features of imagination 6 Martin Heidegger and contemporary environmentalism 7 The influence of Friedrich Nietzsche?s conception of earth 8 Erazim Kohák?s theory of ecophenomenology 9 David Abram?s ecophenomenological approach to the living world Part III ? Current Directions 10 Eco-phenomenology and the question of place 11 Eco-phenomenology and the pandemic crisis 12 Eco-phenomenology and its normative implications 13 Eco-phenomenology and theories of sustainability 14 Recapitulation: what future for eco-phenomenology?
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Eco-phenomenology is based on a double claim: first, that an adequate account of our ecological situation requires the methods and insights of phenomenology; and, second, that phenomenology, led by its own momentum, becomes a philosophical ecology, that is, a study of the interrelationship between organism and world in its metaphysical and axiological dimensions. Only a reconceptualization of our place and role in nature can work against the tragic disconnection between humanuty and nature, from ourselves and from the wellspring of our being. To begin this task by reconnecting us with our most basic and primordial experiences of the natural world ? such is the power and promise of eco phenomenology. The insights of eco-phenomenology hold the promise of bringing about a dramatic shift in our current understanding of ourselves and of our place in the natural world. Phenomenology exemplifies an attitude of respect for lived experience.
The course will provide significant insights into the sources, the concepts, and the core principles of ecophenomenology, as a combination between contemporary ecological concerns and the phenomenological method in close relationship with the philosophy of life. Students will be introduced to key authors and texts of the field. Moreover, they will be engaged in discussing and analyzing current ecological issues through the application of the phenomenological resources. In doing so, students will read essays by well-known authors and acquire skills necessary to develop their own perspectives, they will examine controversial ecological topics, and they will be helped to dig deeper into meaningful discussions.
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Prerequisites
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English Language (B2 ? C1)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Evaluations of students in this course will be based on: (1) participation, which includes active discussion in class, attendance (80 %), class assignments (readings). In case of absence, the student has to communicate it and to ask the professor for any assignments or key discussions concerning the missed lesson. (2) A final paper (1500-2500 words). Additional information will be provided at the beginning of the course.
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Recommended literature
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