Course detail
Contemporary Approaches to Theory 2 (After 1989)
FaVU-2SPvT2Acad. year: 2024/2025
The course is based on a detailed critical reading of selected texts in contemporary philosophy and the humanities, with a focus on refining an orientation to basic concepts, methods, and issues. Thematically, the course is not limited to art theory and criticism, but seeks a more comprehensive literacy in contemporary academic discourse. In the second part of the course, we will focus on selected approaches and themes in theory from 1989 to the present, such as globalization theory, multiculturalism and identity politics, post-Marxism, media theory and cyberculture, new materialism and speculative realism, anthropocene theory, and critical posthumanism. As we approach the lived present, the diachronic overview of theoretical models is replaced by a synchronic and thematic approach.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The following conditions are set for the award of the examination:
- active participation in class (75 % participation) or its replacement by written research of the missed material to the extent agreed with the teacher;
- a short oral presentation on a chosen topic from the material covered during the semester.
Teaching takes place in the classrooms of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Attendance is compulsory (3 unexcused absences allowed). Higher number of absences can be compensated by submitting an alternative assignment after agreement with the teacher.
Aims
Students will gain a deeper orientation in the conceptual apparatus of selected approaches in philosophy and social sciences of the late 20th and early 21st century, strengthening the ability of critical reading and argumentation.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended prerequisite
Basic literature
Mark FISHER, Kapitalistický realismus, Praha: Rybka 2010.
Donna HARAWAY, „Tentacular Thinking. Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene“, e-flux Journal, 2016, č. 75, http://www.e-flux.com/journal/75/67125/tentacular-thinking-anthropocene-capitalocene-chthulucene/.
Nicolas MIRZOEFF, Úvod do vizuální kultury, Praha: Academia, 2012.
Nicolas MIRZOEFF, Jak vidět svět, Praha: ArtMap 2018.
Tony MYERS, Slavoj Žižek, Praha: Svoboda Servis 2008.
Recommended reading
Alain BADIOU, Manifest afirmacionismu (třetí nástin), http://www.sok.bz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=575&Itemid=28.
Jean BAUDRILLARD, „Simulakra a simulace“, in: Jiří ŠEVČÍK – Pavlína MORGANOVÁ – Terezie NEKVINDOVÁ – Dagmar SVATOŠOVÁ (eds.), České umění 1980–2010. Texty a dokumenty, Praha: AVU 2011, s. 263–265.
Hakim BEY, Dočasná autonomní zóna, Praha: tranzit.cz 2004.
Boris BUDEN, Konec postkomunismu. Od společnosti bez naděje k naději bez společnosti, Praha: Rybka Publishers, 2013.
Jodi DEAN, Slast a politika. Žižkova politická teorie, Praha: Filosofia 2014.
Gilles DELEUZE, „Postscript on the Societies of Control“, October, 1992, č. 59, s. 3–7.
Gilles DELEUZE – Félix GUATTARI, Tisíc plošin, Praha: Herrmann & synové 2010.
Donna HARAWAY, „Kyborgský manifest“, in: Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize, Praha: NAMU 2014, s. 607–639.
Václav JANOŠČÍK – Lukáš LIKAVČAN – Jiří RŮŽIČKA (eds.), Mysl v terénu. Filosofický realismus v 21. století, Praha: AVU – Display 2017.
Ernesto LACLAU – Chantal MOUFFE, Hegemonie a socialistická strategie. Za radikálně demokratickou politiku, Praha: Karolinum 2014.
Bruno LATOUR, Nikdy sme neboli moderni, Bratislava: Kalligram 2003
Bruno LATOUR, Stopovat a skládat světy s Brunem Latourem. Výbor z textů 1998-2013, Praha: tranzit.cz 2016
Jacques RANCIÈRE, The Politics of Aesthetics. The Distribution of Sensible, Londýn: COntinuum 2004.
Slavoj ŽIŽEK, Nepolapitelný subjekt, Praha: L. Marek 2007
Slavoj ŽIŽEK, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Londýn: Verso 1989.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_M Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Globalization, Multiculturalism and Identity Politics – lecture
2. Globalization, Multiculturalism and Identity Politics – seminar, discussion of the reading of the selected text
3. Critical Revision of Postmodernism and Post-Marxist Political Philosophy – lecture
4. Critical Revision of Postmodernism and Post-Marxist Political Philosophy – seminar, discussion over the reading of the selected text
5. Media theory, cyberculture and accelerationism – lecture
6. Media Theory, Cyberculture and Accelerationism – seminar, discussion on the reading of the selected text
7. New materialism and speculative realism – lecture
8. New Materialism and Speculative Realism – seminar, discussion of the reading of the selected text
9. Thinking in the Face of Environmental Collapse – Anthropocene Theory and Critical Posthumanism – lecture
10. Thinking in the Face of Environmental Collapse – Anthropocene Theory and Critical Posthumanism – seminar, discussion of the reading of the selected text
11. Student presentations and discussions on topics discussed during the semester
12. Student presentations and discussions on topics discussed during the semester
13. Student presentations and discussions on topics discussed during the semester