Reading Group in the scope of Praxis-CFUL activities

Working language: English

Organizers: Silvia Locatelli (locatelli.silvia.96 [at] gmail.com) & Maura Ceci (mauraceci [at] edu.ulisboa.pt)

When: Tuesdays, from 14h00 to 16h00, according to the calendar below

Where: Sala Pedro Hispano (Department of Philosophy)

To participate, please send an e-mail to the convenors expressing your interest in taking part in the RG.

Abstract

The philosophical questioning around the concept of history has always been a lively topic of discussion, traversing different currents of thought and animating debate since ancient Greek philosophy. In general, this philosophical discipline questions the meaning of history and its unfolding, raising issues and debates around the cyclical nature or linear progress  of history and the rationality or randomness of historical events.  In particular, this cycle of readings focuses on German philosophical thought around the concept of history. To this end, the program will adress Kant’s conception of universal history; Hegel’s conception of history as a spiritual movement;  Marx’s conception of history as a material process; the social-cultural implications on history elaborated by Weber; Benjamin’s radically antiteleological view of history.

Program

Session 1 | 18 October 2022

Kant, “Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Perspective” [link here]

Session 2 | 25 October 2022

Hegel, “Introduction to The Philosophy of History” (esp. “One. The Methods of History” and “Two. Reason in History”) [link here]

Session 3 | 22 November 2022

Marx, The Communist Manifesto [link here]

Session 4 | 29 November 2022

Weber, TBA

Session 5 | 13 December 2022

Benjamin, “Thesis on the Philosophy of History” [link here]