Course detail

Philosophy

FA-FIL-TEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course of Philosophy will introduce students to the basic questions of the philosophy of art and contemporary philosophy which is relevant to the architectural practice, urbanistic and environmental thinking. It specially focuses on the question of relation between the art and politics. The course is divided into four blocks that deal with the topic of representation and reference, critique of modern rationality and the potential of its deconstruction, hermeneutics and imagination, reintegration of humans to the nature.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Václav Maxmilián, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The course assessment has a form of a final oral colloquium.
Students must participate in at least 80 % of lessons and complete the self-study assignments which are verified at the colloquium.

Aims

The aim of the course is to know the important disciplines of philosophy and to learn how to discern them (ontology, epistemology, ethics, politics), to understand the theoretical problems of philosophy of art, and to have general knowledge on present questions of philosophy as a critique of late-modern society.
  • Students will have the general knowledge of the main philosophical terminology and disciplines.
  • Students will understand the reasoning and critique of representation.
  • Students will understand the theories of modern rationality and its critique.
  • Students will understand the relation of creation and politics.
  • Students will be able to think critically about the environmental context of civilisation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BADIOU, Alain. Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism (Cultural Memory in the Present). Stanford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780804744713. (EN)
BACHELARD, Gaston. The Poetics of Space. Penguin Publishing Group, 2014. ISBN: 9780698170438.
BENNETT, Jane. Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things. Duke University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0822346333. (EN)
FOUCAULT, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. ISBN: 9780307819291. (EN)
HORKHEIMER, Max; ADORNO, Theodor. Dialectic of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780804736336. (EN)
NORRIS, Christopher. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice. London – New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-28010-9. (EN)

Recommended reading

ANZENBACHER, Arno. Einführung in die Philosophie. Herder, 1981. ISBN: 9783210246277. Translated to Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Croatian language. (DE)
LARUELLE, Francois. On the Black Universe. Praha: Ausdruck Books, 2018. ISBN 978-80-270-4633-1. URL: https://www.abhpp.org/app/uploads/2021/11/on-the-black-universe.pdf (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Václav Maxmilián, Ph.D.