Duration
45h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in philosophy, research focus | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is part of the annual research seminar in phenomenological philosophy organized at ULiège since 2007. In 2024-2025, the 18th edition of the seminar will focus on current phenomenological research devoted to Sartre and the existentialist phenomenologies ("phénoménologies existentialistes", F. Caeymaex) of Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty and Fanon.
Particular emphasis will be placed on 3 thematic axes.
In fundamental philosophy: rereading Sartre's theories of imagination and emotions and their critical appropriations in the history of phenomenology?
In social philosophy: exploration of Sartre's theory of ideology.
In clinical philosophy: mapping the place of Sartrean thought and existentialism in the constitution and in contemporary reappropriations of institutional psychotherapy and antipsychiatry.
In a transversal way, the seminar will, on the one hand, pay great attention to the studies of existentialist phenomenologists in constellation, aiming to describe theoretical and intellectual environments. It will, on the other hand, present to students the current projects of existentialist phenomenologies (new areas of research, work on archives and manuscripts, contemporary social and political issues).
Persons in charge for 2024-2025 : Grégory Cormann, Chiara Collamati, Jérôme Englebert.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Conceptualization and problematization of a central question in philosophy; acquisition of in-depth theoretical content in terms if the history of philosophy and its contemporary issues.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Undergraduate philosophical training.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
One-week research seminar, preceded by a preparatory seminar (3 sessions in Q1). Integration of students into research dynamics in phenomenological philosophy within ULiege. Experience in an international research context.
The preparatory sessions take the form of a classic face-to-face university course (presentation following by questions). The research seminar corresponds, on the other hand, to an intensive immersion in a high-level collective research environment.
In this demanding context, personal work of the students will be particularly supported.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
One-week research seminar (in 2024-2025: May 6 to 9), preceded by a preparatory seminar.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
Optional readings may be suggested during the preparatory sessions for the research seminar. An indicative bibliography concerning recent work on Sartrean phenomenology will also be provided to students.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Further information:
The evaluation will take the form of a written work of 12 to 15 pages (1.5 line spacing, TIMES 12). This work will explicitly detailed introduction and conclusion.
The subject of the work will have previously been validated (in 2024-2025 : by prof. Grégory Cormann), according to the schedule agreed with the students.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Gregory.Cormann@uliege.be