Syllabus
Compulsory readings in Philosophical Anthropology:
Philosophical Anthropology and Contemporary German Thought.
Themenheft von Iris. European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate. N. 1 (April 2009):
Andrea Borsari: Notes on 'Philosophical Anthropology' and Contemporary German Thought, 113-130.Karl-Siegbert Rehberg: Philosophical Anthropology from the End of World War I to the 1940s and in a Current Perspective, 131-152.Joachim Fischer: Exploring the Core Identity of Philosophical Anthropology through the Works of Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, and Arnold Gehlen, 153-170.Gunter Gebauer/Christoph Wulf: Afte the 'Death of Man': From Philosophical Anthropology to Historical Anthropology, 171-186.Axel Honneth: Problems of Ethical Pluralism: Arnold Gehlens's Anthropological Ethics, 187-194.Hans-Peter Krüger: The Public Nature of Human Beings. Parallels between Classical Pragmatisms and Helmuth Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology, 195-204.Franz Josef Wetz: Culture - A Testament to Indigence, 205-227.
Annotation
The aim of the seminar is to offer the students the opportunity to present, discuss, and consult their projects as well as take part in existing research of the already established working groups. This seminar has several parallel branches: the seminar in social and cultural anthropology, in historical anthropology, and philosophical anthropology.