Postmodern philosophy and culture

Course: Cultural Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Postmodern philosophy and culture
Code
ОК 24
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1. To have the skills of critical thinking, to present their own thoughts in a clear way, to make their arguments. 2. To analyze, comment and summarize scientific and analytical texts of culturological format. 4. To know and understand theoretical approaches to definition of culture, its manifestations and forms of existence. 5. To collect, organize and analyze information on cultural phenomena, events, historical and cultural processes. 6. To identify, verify and summarize information on various contexts of cultural practice, to determine the degree of their relevance using different sources, information, communication tools and visual technologies. 7. To understand the factors of cultural dynamics, the principles of periodization of cultural processes, their specific features and characteristics. 8. To interpret cultural sources (material, printed, visual, artistic) using special literature and certain methods, tо reasonably present conclusions regarding their content.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before studying this course, students must know the basic stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process; basic modern theories and methods of their cultural research, including methods of philosophy of culture, theory and history of culture, sociology of culture, history of artistic practices; basic cultural concepts and categories; 2. Students must be able to collect and interpret information on cultural phenomena and manifestations, cultural processes and events; apply the basic terms, categories and classifications of cultural research in the analysis of socio-cultural phenomena and processes; 3. Students must have basic skills in research and information management; critical attitude and predicting in relation to political, economic, cultural and artistic events and phenomena; use of foreign language for professional information sources.
Course content
Part of the course 1. Introduction. Shifting definitions of Postmodern philosophy and culture. Paradigmatic constants of Pre-modern. Paradigmatic constants of Modern. Philosophical explanations of the modern culture crisis. General characteristics of the culture of the XX century. Part of the course 2. Basic concepts of Postmodern philosophy and culture. Concepts of globalization. Information theories. Consumption concepts. Text theories. The series as a cultural practice of Postmodern.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Аkker, R. van den, Vermeulen, T. (2019) Metamodernism: Period, Structure of Feeling, and Cultural Logic – A Case Study of Contemporary Autofi ction // New Directions in Philosophy and Literature. Edinburgh University Press. Alexander J. (2013). The dark side of modernity.Polity,. Eshelman R. (2002) Performatism, or, What Comes After Postmodernism: New Architecture in Berlin, ArtMargins https://artmargins.com/performatism-or-what-comes-after-postmodernism-new-architecture-in-berlin/ Giddens А. (1990) The Consequences of Modernity / А. Giddens. - Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press,. Gumbrecht Hans (2003). Production of Presence_ What Meaning Cannot Convey. Standfort Univesity Press. Postmodernism (2015) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Archive https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/postmodernism/Retrieved 09 September 2020. Hall, Stuart (1986) ‘On postmodernism and articulation: An interview with Stuart Hall’, Journal of Communication Inquiry, vol. 10, no. 2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral presentation, additions and participation in discussions at seminars: 16/60 points 2. Self-study (synopsis of texts): 6/10 points 3. Self-study (presentation): 7/10 points 4. Self-study (quest preparation): 5/10 points 5. Test in writing - 2/10 points 6. Examination in writing 24/40 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Yuriivna Pavlova
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy