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180077 SE Humans on Escape (2017S)

Homo Sacer: Gorgio Agamben

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Please note: Due to a research trip to India this seminar will start in the third week of March only (Di, 21.03.2017).
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 45 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Please note: Due to a research trip to India this seminar will start in the third week of March only (Di, 21.03.2017).
Therefore there will three more additional dates for this lecture (incl. first date of the exam) be announced as soon as the situation about room and time is ensured.

  • Tuesday 21.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 28.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 04.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 25.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 02.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 09.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 16.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 23.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 30.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 13.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 20.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5
  • Tuesday 27.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 16 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goal and content: Introduction into the political philosophy of Giorgio Agamben. Analysis of his concept of Homo sacer; the sacred/accursed man. Exploration of the relevance of this concept with regard to the current refugees-debates, Foucaults concept of biopolitics and the camp as the place of the contemporary realisation of Homo sacer.
Methods: Oral presentations of text passages from "Homo sacer" by the students and discussion

Assessment and permitted materials

Certificates are aquired through regularly attending the seminar and participating in class (25% of grade). Oral presentation in a small group of 2-4 students to a selected text, which will be discussed during the seminar (35% of grade). (See list of literature on Moodle). Written text of the oral presentation 8-12 pages (40 % of grade).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

0 - 50 % = 5
51 - 65 % = 4
66 - 77 % = 3
78 - 89 % = 2
90 - 100% = 1
Evaulation criteria: see above

Examination topics

The reading material provided on moodle from Agamben, which has been disucssed in the seminar

Reading list

Literature relevant fort he examination:
Agamben, Giorgio: Homo Sacer. Souvereign Power and Bare Life [1995], Standford: Sandford University Press 1998. (Available on Moodle)
Additional Literature (recommended to deepen the knowledge):
Arendt, Hanna: The Origins of Totalitarism, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1951.
Benjamin, Walter: Zur Kritik der Gewalt [1920/21], in: ders., Gesammelte Schriften, herausgegeben von Rolf Tiedemann und Hermann Schweppenhäuser, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1980, Bd. II/1, S. 179-203.
Schmitt, Carl: Politische Theologie. Vier Kapitel zur Lehre der Souveränität [1922], Berlin: Duncker & Humboldt 1993.

Association in the course directory

BA M 12, M 13
PP § 57.3.4
UF PP 09

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