The course aims at letting the students acquire the aptitude to philosophical evaluation on theories of emotions in general, on erotic aptitude in particular.
Theories of sentimental experience. The erotic disposition, Love and Death.
Main Text:
Martha C. Nussbaum, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Cambridge Univ. Press 2001; tr. it. L’intelligenza delle emozioni, Il Mulino, 2012.
A book, at choise, among:
- Martha Nussbaum, The Therapy of Desire, Princeton Univ. Press 1996; tr.it. Terapia del desiderio. Teoria e pratica nell'epoca ellenistica. Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 1998.Di questo libro i capitoli sullo Stoicismo, dal cap. nono al tredicesimo.
- Martha Nussbaum, Creating Capabilities. The Human Development Approach, The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2011; tr. it. Creare capacità, Il Mulino, 2012.
- Marcel Proust, Il tempo ritrovato, BUR, 2009.
- Jean-Luc Marion, Il fenomeno erotico, Cantagalli, 2007.
- Georges Bataille, L’erotismo, ES, 2009.
- Umberto Curi, Miti d’amore, Filosofia dell’eros, Bompiani, 2009.
- Denis de Rougemont, L’amore e l’Occidente, BUR, 1998.
Oral examination upon a written text on subjects treated in the course and agreed with the professor.
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