Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology B

lfilo2313  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology B
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Frogneux Nathalie;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Reading knowledge of English sufficient to allow for the study of contempoaray texts in the philosophy of the human sciences
Main themes
The course will attempt to present concepts of culture, as well as certain elements of the evolution and interrelation of different cultures.
Various texts in philosophy and the humans sciences will be analyzed in the study of this notion of culture.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to :
  • identify several broad tendencies in the philosophy of culture
  • understand the conditions of intercultural dialogue
  • relate questions of philsophy of culture to questions in cultural anthropology
  • take account of cultural dimensions within philosophical reflection
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Teaching methods
Formal lectures.
Bibliography
Les ouvrages de références :
            C. Castoriadis, L'institution imaginaire de la société
            C. Castoriadis, La montée de l'insignifiance
            C. Castoriadis, Le monde morcelé
            C. Castoriadis, Sujet et vérité dans le monde social historique
Faculty or entity
EFIL


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ethics

Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language

Master [60] in Philosophy

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

Master [120] in Philosophy

Master [120] in Sciences of Religions