(in Polish) Embodiment and Contemporary Culture 520-KS2-1KON36

This course will delve into fundamental philosophical concepts that shape our understanding of what it means to lead a truly flourishing life. The curriculum includes a more profound study of Martha C. Nussbaum's works, examining historical milestones in philosophical thought such as
rationality, relativity, and the evolving concept of human dignity. The course will also connect classical philosophical ideas with their
contemporary relevance and investigate the dynamic relationships between philosophy and other cultural disciplines. The cours aims at
encouraging critical thinking through engaging discussions and debates, bridging the gap between classical philosophical ideas and their
relevance in the modern era, cultivating an appreciation for the role of imagination in human flourishing, and exploring the intersections of
philosophy with other cultural studies disciplines.

This course will delve into fundamental philosophical concepts that shape our understanding of what it means to lead a truly flourishing life. The curriculum includes a more profound study of Martha C. Nussbaum's works, examining historical milestones in philosophical thought such as
rationality, relativity, and the evolving concept of human dignity. The course will also connect classical philosophical ideas with their
contemporary relevance and investigate the dynamic relationships between philosophy and other cultural disciplines. The cours aims at
encouraging critical thinking through engaging discussions and debates, bridging the gap between classical philosophical ideas and their
relevance in the modern era, cultivating an appreciation for the role of imagination in human flourishing, and exploring the intersections of
philosophy with other cultural studies disciplines.

Occasionally, the class will be supported by short videos or movies,

Bibliography:
Warren Reich, Taking Care of the Vulnerable
Sophocles, Antigone,
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Euripides, Hecuba
Plato, The Banquet
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
Frankl, Viktor, Man's Search for Meaning, (Ebury Publishing, 2011)
Hannah Arendt, „Action" in: The Human Condition (University of Chicago Press, 2018,)
Hannah Arendt, Eichmann In Jerusalem (fragments) (The Viking Press, 1964)
Hannah Arendt, Between Past and Future (fragments) (Penguin Classics, 2016)
Hannah Arendt, Lectures on Kant's political philosophy (fragments) (University of Chicago Press, 1992)
Selected fragments from Martha Nussbaum:
Nussbaum, Martha C., Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016)
———, ‘Capabilities and Disabilities: Justice for Mentally Disabled Citizens,’ Philosophical Topics, 30 (2002), 133-65
———, ‘Consequences and Character in Sophocles' Philoctetes,’ Philosophy and Literature, 1 (1976), 25-53
———, The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019)
———, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)———, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997)
———, For Love of Country? (Boston: Beacon Press, 2002)
———, The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, 2nd edn (New York: Cambridge University Press,
2001)
———, Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2006)
———, ‘The Future of Feminist Liberalism,’ Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 74 (2000), 47-79
———, ‘Human Functioning and Social Justice: In Defense of Aristotelian Essentialism,’ Political Theory, 20 (1992), 202-46
———, “If You Could See This Heart”: Mozart’s Mercy (Oxford University Press, 2016)
———, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022)
———, ‘Kant and Stoic Cosmopolitanism,’ Journal of Political Philosophy, 5 (1997), 1-25
———, Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990)
———, ‘Martha C. Nussbaum's Jefferson Lecture: Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame ’2017)
———, The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018)
———, ‘Music and Emotion,’ in Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp.
249-94
———, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, Updated edn (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016)
———, ‘The Passion Fashion: Review of Cristina Nehring, a Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century,’ in
Philosophical Interventions: Reviews 1986-2011, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 378-85
———, ‘Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism,’ Philosophy & Public Affairs, 39 (2011), 3-45
———, ‘A Plea for Difficulty ’ in Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, ed. by Matthew Howard Joshua Cohen, Martha C. Nussbaum. Book
author: Susan Moller Okin with respondents (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999),
———, Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life (Boston: Beacon Press, 1995)
———, ‘Political Soul-Making and the Imminent Demise of Liberal Education,’ Journal of Social Philosophy, 37 (2006), 301-13
———, ‘The Professor of Parody: The Hip Defeatism of Judith Butler,’ The New Republic, (1999), 37-45
———, ‘Rawls and Feminism,’ in The Cambridge Companion to Rawls, ed. by Samuel Richard Freeman (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2003), pp. 488-520
———, Sex and Social Justice (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)
———, The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
———, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001)
———, ‘Victim Anger and Its Costs,’ in Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum, (19 February 2020),
———, ‘What Does It Mean to Be Human? Don’t Ask,’ The New York Times, 20 August 2018
———, ‘Who Is the Happy Warrior? Philosophy, Happiness Research, and Public Policy,’ International Review of Economics, 59 (2012),
335-61
———, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
———, ‘World of Ideas: Martha Nussbaum,’ in Public Affairs Television ed. by Bill Moyers (New York Journal Graphics, Inc, 1988),
———, Jonathan Glover, Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities, Wider Studies in Development Economics
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995)
———and Saul Levmore, Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations About Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2017)
Heidegger, Martin, Discourse on Thinking, trans. by Joel Anderson (New York: Harper & Row, 1966)
Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Practical Reason, trans. by Lewis White Beck (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956)
———, Critique of Pure Reason, trans. by Paul Guyer and Allen W. Wood (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
———, ‘The Doctrine of Virtue (Part III),’ in The Metaphysics of Morals, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp. Akad. 500–
1,447ff
———, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A German-English Edition, trans. by Mary J. Gregor and Jens Timmermann (New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Kearney, Richard, Imagination Now: A Richard Kearney Reader, ed. by M.E. Littlejohn (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020),
Kearney, Richard, Anacarnation and Returning to the Lived Body with Richard Kearney (ed. by Brian Tranor, James L. Tanor, Routledge
2023)
Kearney, Richard, Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense (Columbia University Press, 2021)

Occasionally, the class will be supported by short videos or movies,

Bibliography:
Warren Reich, Taking Care of the Vulnerable
Sophocles, Antigone,
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Euripides, Hecuba
Plato, The Banquet
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
Frankl, Viktor, Man's Search for Meaning, (Ebury Publishing, 2011)
Hannah Arendt, „Action" in: The Human Condition (University of Chicago Press, 2018,)
Hannah Arendt, Eichmann In Jerusalem (fragments) (The Viking Press, 1964)
Hannah Arendt, Between Past and Future (fragments) (Penguin Classics, 2016)
Hannah Arendt, Lectures on Kant's political philosophy (fragments) (University of Chicago Press, 1992)
Selected fragments from Martha Nussbaum:
Nussbaum, Martha C., Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016)
———, ‘Capabilities and Disabilities: Justice for Mentally Disabled Citizens,’ Philosophical Topics, 30 (2002), 133-65
———, ‘Consequences and Character in Sophocles' Philoctetes,’ Philosophy and Literature, 1 (1976), 25-53
———, The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019)
———, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)———, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997)
———, For Love of Country? (Boston: Beacon Press, 2002)
———, The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, 2nd edn (New York: Cambridge University Press,
2001)
———, Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2006)
———, ‘The Future of Feminist Liberalism,’ Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 74 (2000), 47-79
———, ‘Human Functioning and Social Justice: In Defense of Aristotelian Essentialism,’ Political Theory, 20 (1992), 202-46
———, “If You Could See This Heart”: Mozart’s Mercy (Oxford University Press, 2016)
———, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022)
———, ‘Kant and Stoic Cosmopolitanism,’ Journal of Political Philosophy, 5 (1997), 1-25
———, Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990)
———, ‘Martha C. Nussbaum's Jefferson Lecture: Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame ’2017)
———, The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018)
———, ‘Music and Emotion,’ in Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp.
249-94
———, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, Updated edn (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016)
———, ‘The Passion Fashion: Review of Cristina Nehring, a Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century,’ in
Philosophical Interventions: Reviews 1986-2011, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 378-85
———, ‘Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism,’ Philosophy & Public Affairs, 39 (2011), 3-45
———, ‘A Plea for Difficulty ’ in Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, ed. by Matthew Howard Joshua Cohen, Martha C. Nussbaum. Book
author: Susan Moller Okin with respondents (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999),
———, Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life (Boston: Beacon Press, 1995)
———, ‘Political Soul-Making and the Imminent Demise of Liberal Education,’ Journal of Social Philosophy, 37 (2006), 301-13
———, ‘The Professor of Parody: The Hip Defeatism of Judith Butler,’ The New Republic, (1999), 37-45
———, ‘Rawls and Feminism,’ in The Cambridge Companion to Rawls, ed. by Samuel Richard Freeman (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2003), pp. 488-520
———, Sex and Social Justice (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)
———, The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
———, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001)
———, ‘Victim Anger and Its Costs,’ in Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum, (19 February 2020),
———, ‘What Does It Mean to Be Human? Don’t Ask,’ The New York Times, 20 August 2018
———, ‘Who Is the Happy Warrior? Philosophy, Happiness Research, and Public Policy,’ International Review of Economics, 59 (2012),
335-61
———, Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
———, ‘World of Ideas: Martha Nussbaum,’ in Public Affairs Television ed. by Bill Moyers (New York Journal Graphics, Inc, 1988),
———, Jonathan Glover, Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities, Wider Studies in Development Economics
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995)
———and Saul Levmore, Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations About Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2017)
Heidegger, Martin, Discourse on Thinking, trans. by Joel Anderson (New York: Harper & Row, 1966)
Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Practical Reason, trans. by Lewis White Beck (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956)
———, Critique of Pure Reason, trans. by Paul Guyer and Allen W. Wood (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
———, ‘The Doctrine of Virtue (Part III),’ in The Metaphysics of Morals, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp. Akad. 500–
1,447ff
———, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A German-English Edition, trans. by Mary J. Gregor and Jens Timmermann (New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Kearney, Richard, Imagination Now: A Richard Kearney Reader, ed. by M.E. Littlejohn (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020),
Kearney, Richard, Anacarnation and Returning to the Lived Body with Richard Kearney (ed. by Brian Tranor, James L. Tanor, Routledge
2023)
Kearney, Richard, Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense (Columbia University Press, 2021)