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1. General information

Course:

PHILOSOPHY AND CURRENT THOUGHT

Code:

44755

Type:

CORE COURSE

ECTS credits:

6

Degree:

381 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HUMANITIES: CULTURAL HISTORY

Academic year:

2021-22

Center:

11 - FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES OF CUENCA

Group(s):

30

Year:

3

Duration:

C2

Main language:

Spanish

Second language:

Use of additional languages:

English Friendly:

Y

Web site:

Bilingual:

N

Lecturer: FRANCISCO JAVIER ESPINOSA ANTON - Group(s): 30

Building/Office

Department

Phone number

Email

Office hours

Humanidades 5.02; Periodismo 2.14. Vicedecanato Humanidades

FILOSOFÍA, ANTROPOL, SOCIOL Y ESTÉTICA

4338

javier.espinosa@uclm.es

2. Pre-Requisites

Not established

3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession

Current philosophy on such important issues as economic policy, discrimination against women, problems of multicultural societies, the alienation of consumerism, the problem of universal ethical principles in a global world, nationalism, extreme poverty in the world, or the ways of understanding today's art are capitals in today's culture.

This subject helps the student to have a view of current philosophy, that will be very useful for subjects such as History of the Contemporary World, Memory, History and Present Time, Gender, Cultural Diversity and Human Rights, Contemporaary Art and Literature in the contemporary world. At the same time these subjects will provide the social, political, ethical, anthropological and artistic framework for this subject.

4. Degree competences achieved in this course

Course competences
Code	Description
E01	Knowing and analysing theories related to the concept of Culture and theories about human and social diversity
E03	Analysing and interpret data from research, reports and works inherent to the different disciplines of the field of study (Anthropology, Art, History, Geography, Philosophy, Language, Literature and Cultural Heritage)
E04	Understanding and using different sources of information: oral, source documents (bibliographies, records, etc.) and references from the Internet.
E05	Understanding and analysing the diachronic structure of the past and its cultural manifestations
E06	Combining the temporal and spatial dimensions of the explanation of socio-territorial processes.
E08	Establishing links between the historical framework and the cultural manifestations of each stage and comparing the results
E09	Drafting different types of texts in his/her own language (both specialised and informative)
E14	Understanding, analysing and interpreting the major artistic movements, their visual manifestations and the languages used
E16	Knowing and understanding the major schools of philosophical and political thinking as part of human culture.
E18	Approaching the ways of life and religious concepts in the past and nowadays.
E22	Valuing the importance of the heritage resources maintained as an evidence of safeguarded memories.
G03	Expressing correctly in oral and written forms in his/her own language
G04	Ethical commitment and professional ethics
G05	Analysis and synthesis capacity
G06	Making assumptions to solve issued in his/her field of study
G07	Applying critical, analytical and creative thinking and proving innovative capacities
G08	Ability to work independently within a framework of individual responsibility
G11	Communicating ideas, problems and solutions in public or in technical contexts efficiently
G13	Sensitiveness to multiculturalism and gender-related issues
G14	Understanding how do democratic societies work and appreciate their values and principles as a key milestone and a historic achievement.
G15	Committing to the defence of human rights
G16	Understanding cultural heritage from a critical, multicultural and universalist perspective
G18	Acquiring perceptive skills and awareness to appreciate and enjoy human creations

5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes

Course learning outcomes
Description
Being committed to the freedom of thought and human rights.
Analysing the different perspectives and dimensions of the phenomenon of globalisation.
Analysing the social and political culture in the bourgeois world and in the world of work.
Analysing the cultures and politics of violence, especially in the 20th century
Identifying cultural constructions and interpetrations related to the concepts of sex and gender.
Identifying the problems inherent to cultural and religious diversity and applying the human rights to the problems generated in multicultural societies.
Identifying the migratory processes and the problems of coexistence, exclusion and mutual misunderstanding associated thereto.
Knowing and analysing the thinking of today¿s major authors: Habermas, Vattimo, Taylor, Kymlicka.
Understanding the growing importance of women as historical individuals and their participation in social movements.
Identifying the mechanisms used to perpetuate and transmit inequality in our culture.
Identifying and assessing the nature and profiles of welfare society and representative democracy in the western world.
Knowing today¿s major philosophical concepts: meta-narrative, paradigms, politics of recognition, discursive ethics, constitutional patriotism, weak and strong thinking.
Understanding today¿s issues: moral universalism and multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, national states and rights to cultural difference; the political effect of aesthetics; the making of history.
Critically assessing the policies in place to solve global problems.
Additional outcomes
Description

6. Units / Contents

Unit 1: The philosophical schools of the early twentieth century
- Unit 1.1: Analytic Philosophy
- Unit 1.2: Frankfurt School. Marcusse
Unit 2: Neoconservatism
Unit 3: Postmodern philosophy: Lyotard and Vattimo
Unit 4: Neopragmatism: Rorty
Unit 5: Habermas
Unit 6: Current philosophers on cultural differences: Taylor and Appiah
Unit 7: Social inequality and extreme poverty: Rancière, Pogge, Iris Marion Young and Hannah Arendt
Unit 8: Feminist thought: Gilligan and Butler

7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology

Training Activity	Methodology	Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021)	ECTS	Hours	As	Com	Description
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G07 G14	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Self-study		0.16	4	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E01 E03 E09 G03 G05 G07 G08 G11	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G05 G07 G14 G15 G16	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Self-study		0.16	4	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E01 E03 E16 G05 G07 G14 G15 G16	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G05 G13 G14 G16	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.4	10	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E03 E16 G05 G07 G14 G15 G16	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E03 E16 G05 G14 G15 G16 G18	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E01 E03 E09 E16 G02 G03 G04 G05 G07 G08 G11 G14 G15 G16 G18	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G07 G14	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E03 E09 E16 G02 G03 G05 G08 G13 G14 G15 G16	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G13 G16	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	Y
Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E01 E03 E16 G03 G05 G07 G13 G15 G16	0.08	2	Y	N
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E03 E16 G14 G15 G16 G18	0.12	3	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	Y
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	N
Group tutoring sessions [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions	E09 E16 G03 G05 G08 G14 G15	0.04	1	Y	Y
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Lectures	E01 E03 E16 G04 G13 G14 G15	0.24	6	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]	Case Studies		0.48	12	Y	Y
Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE]	Group tutoring sessions		0.08	2	Y	N
Total:			6	150
Total credits of in-class work: 2.4			Total class time hours: 60
Total credits of out of class work: 3.6			Total hours of out of class work: 90

As: Assessable training activity
Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).

8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System

Evaluation System	Continuous assessment	Non-continuous evaluation *	Description
Portfolio assessment	5.00%	5.00%	Learning Guide II
Assessment of active participation	10.00%	0.00%	Participation in thematic discussions
Portfolio assessment	10.00%	10.00%	Learning Guide I
Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies	15.00%	15.00%	Case study: relativism
Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies	10.00%	10.00%	Case study: national heritage and multiculturalism
Oral presentations assessment	10.00%	10.00%	Rancière and contemporary Art
Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies	15.00%	15.00%	Case study: extreme poverty
Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies	15.00%	15.00%	Case study: feminism
Portfolio assessment	10.00%	10.00%
Projects	0.00%	10.00%
Total:	100.00%	100.00%

According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).

Evaluation criteria for the final exam:

Continuous assessment:

To pass the subject it is not needed to have a minimum score in any procedure of the evaluation system. But it is needed an average score of 5 out of 10.
For subsequent exams, only the marks with 5 or more are kept.
There will be a method to increase marks up to 20%
Non-continuous evaluation:

Evaluation criteria not defined

Specifications for the resit/retake exam:

To pass the subject it is not needed to have a minimum score in any procedure of the evaluation system. But it is needed an average score of 5 out of 10.
For subsequent exams, only the marks with 5 or more are kept.
There will be a method to increase marks up to 20%

Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:

Evaluation criteria not defined

9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates

Not related to the syllabus/contents
Hours	hours

Unit 1 (de 8): The philosophical schools of the early twentieth century
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study]	4
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 2 (de 8): Neoconservatism
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study]	4
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 3 (de 8): Postmodern philosophy: Lyotard and Vattimo
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 4 (de 8): Neopragmatism: Rorty
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	10
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 5 (de 8): Habermas
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 6 (de 8): Current philosophers on cultural differences: Taylor and Appiah
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Unit 7 (de 8): Social inequality and extreme poverty: Rancière, Pogge, Iris Marion Young and Hannah Arendt
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	3
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	1
Teaching period: 1 week

Unit 8 (de 8): Feminist thought: Gilligan and Butler
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures]	6
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies]	12
Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions]	2
Teaching period: 2 weeks

Global activity
Activities	hours

10. Bibliography and Sources

Author(s)	Title	Book/Journal	Citv	Publishing house	ISBN	Year


ARENDT, H.	Eichmann in Jerusalem		London	Penguin		2006
ARENDT, H.	The Origins of Totalitarianism		London	Penguin		2017
BUTLER, J.	Undoing Gender		New York/London	Routledge	9780203499627.	2004
BUTLER, J.	Deshacer el género		Barcelona	Paiós		2006
FUKUYAMA, F.	¿El fin de la historia?		Madrid			1990
FUKUYAMA, F.	The End of History	The National Interest,				1989
HABERMAS, J.	La inclusión del otro		Barcelona	Paidós		1999
HABERMAS, J.	El Occidente escindido		Madrid	Trotta		2009
HABERMAS, J.,	The Inclusion of the Other		Cambridge	Polity		2005
HABERMAS, J.,	The Divided West		Cambridge	Polity		2006
MARCUSE, H.	One-Dimensional Man		New York	Routledge		1991
MARCUSE, H.	El hombre unidimensional		Barcelona	Ariel		1999
POGGE, T.	La pobreza en el mundo y los derechos humanos		Barcelona	Paidós		2005
POGGE, Th.	World Poverty and Human Rights		Cambridge	Polity		2008
RORTY, R.	Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality	OnHumanRights: TheOxfordAmnesty Lectures 1993	Cambridge	Cambridge Univ. Press		1994
RORTY, R.	Derechos humanos, racionalidad y sentimentalidad		Madrid	Trotta		1998
SARRIÓN MORA, ADELINA	Lecturas de filosofía. Corrientes actuales de pensamiento		Madrid	Akal		2009
TAYLOR, CH.	El multiculturalismo y la «política del reconocimiento		México	F.C. E.		1993
TAYLOR, Ch.	Multiculturalism: Examining The Politics of Recognition		Princeton, New Jersey	Princeton Univ. Press		1994
VATTIMO, G.	En torno a la postmodernidad		Barcelona	Anthropos		1990
YOUNG, I. M.	Responsabilidad por la justicia		Madrid	Morata		2011
YOUNG, I. M.,	Responsibility for justice		Oxford / New York	Oxford University Press		2011
ŽIŽEK, S.	En defensa de la intolerancia		Madrid	Sequitur		2008