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The Odyssey. On Philosophical Journeys, Literature, and the Space in Between

Class at Faculty of Humanities |
YBAJ188

Syllabus

6.10. Intro: The Philosophical Corpus13.10.

Philosophy, Homecoming, Nostalgia20.10. class cancelled, conference27.10. Murderous Nostalgia and Violent Philosophy3.11.

Snapchat Dysmorphia and The Simulacrisation of the Self10.11. Second Nature and the Body of the Philosopher17.11. class cancelled, national holiday24.11.

Odysseus' Impatient Gaze1.12. On the Human and the Monstrous8.12.

Vehicles of the Soul15.12. The Absolute Library22.12.

Storytelling and the Truth of the Self05.01.2023 Journeys to Selfhood

Annotation

Ulysses, this greatest nostalgic (Kundera), is the archetype of philosophy itself. Philosophy is a remarkable human activity that touches not only thought but the person of the philosopher.

And the philosopher is someone who embarks on an odyssey of homecoming, a homecoming that is motivated by deep homesickness. In this lecture series, we will try to understand philosophy as an idea of human life that is a journey toward home, a longing for home (nostalgia), and a movement of human self-realization.