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180042 VO Enlightenment and Religion (2019S)
Hegel, Habermas and the Consequences
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Details
Language: German
Examination dates
- Tuesday 25.06.2019 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Thursday 10.10.2019 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
- Thursday 14.11.2019 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Thursday 16.01.2020 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 26.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 02.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 09.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
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Aims, contents and method of the course
According to received opinion, the fact that, across the globe, significant segments of the population do not belong to a religious community represents a consquence of the Enlightenment. The lecture investigates the legitimacy of this opinion, discussing the multiple meanings of the term enlightenment. Topics to be explored include: The distinction of secular and religious language in Habermas / Religious plurality in the modern constitutional state / Hegel´s criqique of the rational enlightenment / The concept of enlightenment in Mendelssohn and Kant / The relation between reason and religion / The dialectics of enlightenment / Horkheimer´s thesis of the desire for the totally other.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written final exam (90 minutes)
(Not an open book test; no digital resources permitted)
(Not an open book test; no digital resources permitted)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In order to pass the written final exam, the candidate has to write: 1) Two essays on the content of the lecture (the topics can be selected from a list of five questions). 2) Two essays on the obligatory private reading. (Five texts from which two have to be selected will be provided in a map in the reading room of the Department Library.)
Examination topics
The content of the lecture course and two texts of the obligartory private reading.
Reading list
See Literatur (German)
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