Philosophy

Religion in the "Phenomenology of Spirit" Chapter VII of the "Phenomenology of Spirit", devoted to "Religion", represents Hegel’s first organic arrangement of the topic in his first major printed work, and it will remain one of the most extensive and comprehensive compared to the treatises in later versions of the "Encyclopedia", with the exception of the corpus of the Berlin Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, which were published in various forms only after the philosopher’s death. In this chapter, Hegel not only defines the general structure of what religion is and establishes its basic instrument of representation, but he also proceeds to articulate the different forms of religion (natural religion, religion in the form of art, and revealed religion), making one of the most extensive comparisons at the time between Greek civilization, Christianity, and other religious forms. Hence the interest of this part of the Hegelian masterpiece in learning about Hegel’s philosophy of religion. The module aims to provide a continuous and comprehensive reading of the chapter by framing it within the text as a whole. This reading will be complemented by two other textual insights within the "Phenomenology of Spirit": Chapter IV, with particular attention to the figure of the unhappy consciousness, the first thematization of religion in the text, and the portion of Chapter VI on belief and pure insight and the Enlightenment. Some of these insights will be presented in seminar form as a cooperative reading of the text in the classroom

The lecture requires basic preparation on philosophical studies acquired at senior high school

Institutional part One of the following texts: A. Fabris, "Introduzione alla filosofia della religione", Laterza, Roma-Bari 1996; AA.VV., "Filosofia della religione oggi?", «Archivio di Filosofia», LXXV, 2007, n. 1-2, pp. 55-112, 169-217; AA.VV., "New trends in the philosophy of religion", in «Paradigmi», 2018, n. 2, pp. 205-316. Monographic part G.W.F. Hegel, "Fenomenologia dello spirito" (any printed or digital edition: G.W.F. Hegel, "Fenomenologia dello spirito", a cura di V. Cicero, Bompiani, Milano; G.W.F. Hegel, "La fenomenologia dello spirito", a cura di G. Garelli, Einaudi, Torino; G.W.F. Hegel, "Fenomenologia dello spirito", a cura di E. De Negri, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Roma), chapters IV, VI (limited to the sections “Belief and pure Insight” and “Enlightenment”), VII

Attending the course is highly recommended

Final oral exam on institutional and monographic part of the program. The discussion of the text of the institutional part verifies the achievement of the basic and specific objectives on the general aspects of the discipline, the exam part relating to the monographic part verifies the basic and specific objectives concerning the topic of the course, with a part dedicated to the re-proposal of analysis tasks addressed in the seminar work. The final evaluation takes into account the results achieved in the various parts of the exam and considers the test passed (at least 18/30) if some elements of the basic and specific objectives (knowledge, understanding, ability to communicate what has been learned, at least minimum application skills) are achieved, passed with a medium-high level of marks if the basic objectives are achieved but with some gaps in the specific ones (e.g. not full control of the historical context, not full mastery of the philosophical terminology specific of the age), passed at the highest level if all objectives are full achieved with particular brilliance and confidence in critical and judgement skills

V. Verra, "Introduzione a Hegel", Laterza, Roma-Bari. J. Hyppolite, "Genesi e struttura della "Fenomenologia dello spirito" di Hegel", Bompiani, Milano 2005 T. Pinkard, "Hegel’s Phenomenology. The Sociality of Reason", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1994

Frontal teaching in the classroom, reading and explaining the texts within their historical background. Collective reading of texts in seminar way