Philosophy

Title: Philosophy in deconstruction. “La philosophie en effet ” with J. Derrida, S. Kofman, J. L. Nancy et Ph. Lacoue-Labarthe Abstract EN: It is well-known that deconstruction aims mainly to a certain displacement of an alleged “main characteristic” of man and of subject’s subjectivity, as it was conceived throughout the history of Western philosophy. It is also known how Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) early endeavoured, already during the 60s, to dismantle logocentrism, even though that did not mean, for the French philosopher, to report or to reject logos, namely any kind of rational reflection – as it is often interpreted –, but on the contrary that meant to distance himself from its centrality into philosophical discourse and philosophical writing; it meant therefore to perform a decentralization and a displacement of its centre. However, what is less well-known is that in this complex, painful démontage and titanic décloison which certainly implied some drifts and even the dismantling of a whole tradition – from the concept of domain linked with subject’s sovereignty (in all declinations) to political sovereignty and beyond –, Derrida was not alone. Together with a group of friends and philosophers very close to him, at the end of the 70s he creates a decisive series by the Galilée Editions, titled “ La philosophie en effet ”: with Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940-2007) and Sarah Kofman (1934-1994), the group’s only female philosopher, he makes room, through publications of volumes within the series and by way of endless debates, to an epochal discussion about the presuppositions of philosophy and on the outcomes (still and in movement) of deconstruction, never abandoning those thematical peculiarities dear to the group’s single authors and maintaining a common approach and a common posture, through the dialogue with literature, arts, psychoanalysis and politics. What is meant here is to present, although succinctly, the hopes and the affects, the outcomes and the effects of the synergies of the “ Philosophie en effet ”.

A knowledge corresponding to the level of the bachelor’s degree in philosophy is required to start the second level. In particular, it is needed: a) a mastery of the basic philosophical terminology. b) an understanding (at least basic) of the thought of philosophers studied c) a mastery of Contemporary Continental Philosophy

TESTI ESAME/EXAMS TEXTS: Un libro a scelta per ognuno dei quattro autori della seguente bibliografia primaria sono obbligatori. One book of each four authors among the following are mandatory: Jacques Derrida, Positions, Minuit Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, Paris 1972 (2015): - Posizioni, trad. it e a cura di S. Facioni, Orthotes, Salerno, 2021; - Positions, Continuum, 2004; Voyous, Galilée, Paris, 2003. - Stati canaglia, Trad. it. di L. Odello, Stati Canaglia, Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2003. - Rouges. Two essays on Reason, eng. trans. By A. Breault and M. Naas, Standfort University Press, Standfort, 2005. Abraham, l’autre, in Le dernier des juifs, Galilée, Paris, 2014. - Abramo, l’altro, a cura di G. Leghissa, Cronopio, 2005. - “The other Abraham”, in Judeities. Questions for Jacques Derrida, eng. Trans. By B. Bergo, J. Cohen, R. Zagury-Orly, M. Smith, Fordham University Press, 2007. Sarah Kofman, Camera Oscura. De l’Ideologie, Galilée, Paris 1975. Le mépris des Juifs. Nietzsche, les Juifs, l’antisemitisme, Galilée Paris 1994. (questi due libri non sono tradotti in italiano) - Selected Writings, ed. T. Albrecht and alii, Meridian Grossing Aesthetics, 2007. Paroles suffoquées, Galilée Paris, 1987. - Parole soffocate, trad. it. di R. Panattoni e G. Solla, Marietti, Milano 2010. - Smothered words, Northwestern University Press, eng. trans. By M. Dobie, Evanstons 1998. Jean- Luc Nancy, Etre singulier, pluriel, Galilée, Paris 2013; - Essere singolare plurale, trad. it. a cura di R. Esposito, Einaudi, Torino 2021. - Being, Singular, Plural, trad. en. di R. Richardson, Meridian Grossing Aesthetics, 2000. L’exclu le Juif en nous, Galilée, Paris, 2018; - L’escluso l’ebreo in noi, trad. it. a cura di G. Tura, Mimesis, Milano 2019. - Excluding the Jew Whitin Us, en. trans. by S. Clift, Polity Pr, 2020. La haine des Juifs, Paris, Cerf, 2022; - L’odio degli ebrei, trad. it di D. Calabrò e M. Villani, Castelvecchi, Roma 2023. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, La Fiction du politique: Heidegger, l'art et la politique, Paris 1988. - La finzione del politico. Heidegger, l'arte e la politica, a cura di Giovanni Scibilia, Il melangolo, Genova 1991. Le mythe nazi, (con J. L. Nancy), Mirkos, 1991 (2022). - Il mito nazi, trad. it. di C. Angelino, Il melangolo, Genova 1994. - The nazi myth, eng. trans. by B. Olmes, in Critical Inquiry, Vol.16. N.2, Winter 1990, The University of Chicago. Poétique de l'histoire, Galilée, Paris, 2002. - Poetica della storia. Rousseau, Heidegger e il teatro dell'origine, trad. it. di Lanfranchi, Milano 2002. La Réponse d'Ulysse et autres textes sur l'Occident, Lignes, Paris 2025 (nouva edizione). Bibliografia secondaria - Secondary Bibliography • Due libri a scelta sono obbligatori tra le introduzione o/e i saggi • Two books among the introductions or the essays are mandatory Come introduzione - As an Introduction: Su/On Derrida: ** La bibliografia su Derrida è amplissima: qui si suggerisco solo alcuni riferimenti di libri di più facile accesso. In Italiano: S. Regazzoni, Jacques Derrida, Feltrinelli, Milano 2018. C. Resta, La passione dell’impossibile. Saggi su Derrida, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2016. S. Facioni, F. Vitale, S. Ragazzoni, Derridario. Dizionario della decosctruzione, il Melangolo, Genova 2012. M. Ferraris, Postille a Derrida, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 1990, (2021). In English: J. D. Caputo, Deconstruction in a Nutshell. A conversation with J. Derrida, Fortham University Press, 2020. S. Glendinning, Derrida: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011. L. Hill, The Cambridge introduction to J. Derrida, Cambridge University Press, 2007. En Frençais : Marc Goldschmit, Introduction à Derrida, Pocket, 2003 (et suivantes). e/And O. Ombrosi, Le bestiaire philosophique de J. Derrida, PUF 2022; tra. it. di G. Venticinque, Il bestiario filosofico di J. Derrida, Donzelli, Roma 2025. Su/On Nancy: C. Meazza, Il nichilismo della forma politica. Nell’eredità del comunismo im/possibile di J.L. Nancy, Orthotes, Napoli 2024. F. Recchia Luciani, Jean-Luc Nancy, Feltrinelli, Milano 2024. AA. VV., Le partage d’une voix – Jean Luc Nancy, D. Espinet et J. Rogosinski (éds.), Les Cahiers Philosophiques De Strasbourg, n. 55/2024. Su/On Kofman: O. Ombrosi, «Ecritures et déchirures felines. L’écriture du char Murr (d’Hoffmann) selon Autobiogriffure de Sarah Kofman», in Fabula, Les Colloques, 2025, on-line. - «Sarah Kofman, per una decostruzione al femminile dell’ebraismo», in Ebraismo al femminile, O. Ombrosi (a cura di), La Giuntina, Firenze 2017. Av. Vv., Il "rimosso" nell'operazione filosofica. Il pensiero di Sarah Kofman, S. Tarantino (a cura di), Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, Napoli 2024. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman philosopher autrement, G. Michaud et I. Ullern (éds.), Hermann, Paris 2021. F. Negri, L’arte dell’ascolto. Sarah Kofman e la filosofia, Aracne 2018. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman’s Corpus, T. Chanter and Pleashette De Armitt (editors), State University of New York Press, Albany 2007. Su/On Lacoue-Labarthe, a seguire

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Evaluation: Exam will consist on an oral test of about 40 minutes. To pass the test the student must: a) to know the content of the texts studied; b) to know how to give it back clearly, mastering in a correct way the specialized lexicon of the philosophical language and in particular that of the philosophers studied; c) to show the ability to identify the most relevant theoretical junctions, critically discussing them; d) to develop an argument independently on the contents dealt with. e) In addition, a short text of 10 pages on a specific topic chosen whit professor, is mandatory

** La bibliografia su Derrida è amplissima: qui si suggerisco solo alcuni riferimenti di libri di più facile accesso. In Italiano: S. Regazzoni, Jacques Derrida, Feltrinelli, Milano 2018. C. Resta, La passione dell’impossibile. Saggi su Derrida, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2016. S. Facioni, F. Vitale, S. Ragazzoni, Derridario. Dizionario della decosctruzione, il Melangolo, Genova 2012. M. Ferraris, Postille a Derrida, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 1990, (2021). In English: J. D. Caputo, Deconstruction in a Nutshell. A conversation with J. Derrida, Fortham University Press, 2020. S. Glendinning, Derrida: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011. L. Hill, The Cambridge introduction to J. Derrida, Cambridge University Press, 2007. En Frençais : Marc Goldschmit, Introduction à Derrida, Pocket, 2003 (et suivantes). e/And O. Ombrosi, Le bestiaire philosophique de J. Derrida, PUF 2022; tra. it. di G. Venticinque, Il bestiario filosofico di J. Derrida, Donzelli, Roma 2025. Su/On Nancy: C. Meazza, Il nichilismo della forma politica. Nell’eredità del comunismo im/possibile di J.L. Nancy, Orthotes, Napoli 2024. F. Recchia Luciani, Jean-Luc Nancy, Feltrinelli, Milano 2024. AA. VV., Le partage d’une voix – Jean Luc Nancy, D. Espinet et J. Rogosinski (éds.), Les Cahiers Philosophiques De Strasbourg, n. 55/2024. Su/On Kofman: O. Ombrosi, «Ecritures et déchirures felines. L’écriture du char Murr (d’Hoffmann) selon Autobiogriffure de Sarah Kofman», in Fabula, Les Colloques, 2025, on-line. - «Sarah Kofman, per una decostruzione al femminile dell’ebraismo», in Ebraismo al femminile, O. Ombrosi (a cura di), La Giuntina, Firenze 2017. Av. Vv., Il "rimosso" nell'operazione filosofica. Il pensiero di Sarah Kofman, S. Tarantino (a cura di), Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, Napoli 2024. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman philosopher autrement, G. Michaud et I. Ullern (éds.), Hermann, Paris 2021. F. Negri, L’arte dell’ascolto. Sarah Kofman e la filosofia, Aracne 2018. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman’s Corpus, T. Chanter and Pleashette De Armitt (editors), State University of New York Press, Albany 2007. Su/On Lacoue-Labarthe, a seguire

It will be a matter of giving lectures as follows: - fifty minutes for an introduction/lecture to the texts that will be read and for the explanation of the topics covered - fifty minutes of reading and commenting the texts - twenty minutes of discussion with the students. At a later stage, the active involvement of students will be required by presenting specific research on the proposed texts and studying them together. It will use also a virtual class on platform Google Classroom (the link will be given before the course begins)

Title: Philosophy in deconstruction. “La philosophie en effet ” with J. Derrida, S. Kofman, J. L. Nancy et Ph. Lacoue-Labarthe Abstract EN: It is well-known that deconstruction aims mainly to a certain displacement of an alleged “main characteristic” of man and of subject’s subjectivity, as it was conceived throughout the history of Western philosophy. It is also known how Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) early endeavoured, already during the 60s, to dismantle logocentrism, even though that did not mean, for the French philosopher, to report or to reject logos, namely any kind of rational reflection – as it is often interpreted –, but on the contrary that meant to distance himself from its centrality into philosophical discourse and philosophical writing; it meant therefore to perform a decentralization and a displacement of its centre. However, what is less well-known is that in this complex, painful démontage and titanic décloison which certainly implied some drifts and even the dismantling of a whole tradition – from the concept of domain linked with subject’s sovereignty (in all declinations) to political sovereignty and beyond –, Derrida was not alone. Together with a group of friends and philosophers very close to him, at the end of the 70s he creates a decisive series by the Galilée Editions, titled “ La philosophie en effet ”: with Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940-2007) and Sarah Kofman (1934-1994), the group’s only female philosopher, he makes room, through publications of volumes within the series and by way of endless debates, to an epochal discussion about the presuppositions of philosophy and on the outcomes (still and in movement) of deconstruction, never abandoning those thematical peculiarities dear to the group’s single authors and maintaining a common approach and a common posture, through the dialogue with literature, arts, psychoanalysis and politics. What is meant here is to present, although succinctly, the hopes and the affects, the outcomes and the effects of the synergies of the “ Philosophie en effet ”.

A knowledge corresponding to the level of the bachelor’s degree in philosophy is required to start the second level. In particular, it is needed: a) a mastery of the basic philosophical terminology. b) an understanding (at least basic) of the thought of philosophers studied c) a mastery of Contemporary Continental Philosophy

TESTI ESAME/EXAMS TEXTS: Un libro a scelta per ognuno dei quattro autori della seguente bibliografia primaria sono obbligatori. One book of each four authors among the following are mandatory: Jacques Derrida, Positions, Minuit Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, Paris 1972 (2015): - Posizioni, trad. it e a cura di S. Facioni, Orthotes, Salerno, 2021; - Positions, Continuum, 2004; Voyous, Galilée, Paris, 2003. - Stati canaglia, Trad. it. di L. Odello, Stati Canaglia, Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2003. - Rouges. Two essays on Reason, eng. trans. By A. Breault and M. Naas, Standfort University Press, Standfort, 2005. Abraham, l’autre, in Le dernier des juifs, Galilée, Paris, 2014. - Abramo, l’altro, a cura di G. Leghissa, Cronopio, 2005. - “The other Abraham”, in Judeities. Questions for Jacques Derrida, eng. Trans. By B. Bergo, J. Cohen, R. Zagury-Orly, M. Smith, Fordham University Press, 2007. Sarah Kofman, Camera Oscura. De l’Ideologie, Galilée, Paris 1975. Le mépris des Juifs. Nietzsche, les Juifs, l’antisemitisme, Galilée Paris 1994. (questi due libri non sono tradotti in italiano) - Selected Writings, ed. T. Albrecht and alii, Meridian Grossing Aesthetics, 2007. Paroles suffoquées, Galilée Paris, 1987. - Parole soffocate, trad. it. di R. Panattoni e G. Solla, Marietti, Milano 2010. - Smothered words, Northwestern University Press, eng. trans. By M. Dobie, Evanstons 1998. Jean- Luc Nancy, Etre singulier, pluriel, Galilée, Paris 2013; - Essere singolare plurale, trad. it. a cura di R. Esposito, Einaudi, Torino 2021. - Being, Singular, Plural, trad. en. di R. Richardson, Meridian Grossing Aesthetics, 2000. L’exclu le Juif en nous, Galilée, Paris, 2018; - L’escluso l’ebreo in noi, trad. it. a cura di G. Tura, Mimesis, Milano 2019. - Excluding the Jew Whitin Us, en. trans. by S. Clift, Polity Pr, 2020. La haine des Juifs, Paris, Cerf, 2022; - L’odio degli ebrei, trad. it di D. Calabrò e M. Villani, Castelvecchi, Roma 2023. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, La Fiction du politique: Heidegger, l'art et la politique, Paris 1988. - La finzione del politico. Heidegger, l'arte e la politica, a cura di Giovanni Scibilia, Il melangolo, Genova 1991. Le mythe nazi, (con J. L. Nancy), Mirkos, 1991 (2022). - Il mito nazi, trad. it. di C. Angelino, Il melangolo, Genova 1994. - The nazi myth, eng. trans. by B. Olmes, in Critical Inquiry, Vol.16. N.2, Winter 1990, The University of Chicago. Poétique de l'histoire, Galilée, Paris, 2002. - Poetica della storia. Rousseau, Heidegger e il teatro dell'origine, trad. it. di Lanfranchi, Milano 2002. La Réponse d'Ulysse et autres textes sur l'Occident, Lignes, Paris 2025 (nouva edizione). Bibliografia secondaria - Secondary Bibliography • Due libri a scelta sono obbligatori tra le introduzione o/e i saggi • Two books among the introductions or the essays are mandatory Come introduzione - As an Introduction: Su/On Derrida: ** La bibliografia su Derrida è amplissima: qui si suggerisco solo alcuni riferimenti di libri di più facile accesso. In Italiano: S. Regazzoni, Jacques Derrida, Feltrinelli, Milano 2018. C. Resta, La passione dell’impossibile. Saggi su Derrida, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2016. S. Facioni, F. Vitale, S. Ragazzoni, Derridario. Dizionario della decosctruzione, il Melangolo, Genova 2012. M. Ferraris, Postille a Derrida, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 1990, (2021). In English: J. D. Caputo, Deconstruction in a Nutshell. A conversation with J. Derrida, Fortham University Press, 2020. S. Glendinning, Derrida: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011. L. Hill, The Cambridge introduction to J. Derrida, Cambridge University Press, 2007. En Frençais : Marc Goldschmit, Introduction à Derrida, Pocket, 2003 (et suivantes). e/And O. Ombrosi, Le bestiaire philosophique de J. Derrida, PUF 2022; tra. it. di G. Venticinque, Il bestiario filosofico di J. Derrida, Donzelli, Roma 2025. Su/On Nancy: C. Meazza, Il nichilismo della forma politica. Nell’eredità del comunismo im/possibile di J.L. Nancy, Orthotes, Napoli 2024. F. Recchia Luciani, Jean-Luc Nancy, Feltrinelli, Milano 2024. AA. VV., Le partage d’une voix – Jean Luc Nancy, D. Espinet et J. Rogosinski (éds.), Les Cahiers Philosophiques De Strasbourg, n. 55/2024. Su/On Kofman: O. Ombrosi, «Ecritures et déchirures felines. L’écriture du char Murr (d’Hoffmann) selon Autobiogriffure de Sarah Kofman», in Fabula, Les Colloques, 2025, on-line. - «Sarah Kofman, per una decostruzione al femminile dell’ebraismo», in Ebraismo al femminile, O. Ombrosi (a cura di), La Giuntina, Firenze 2017. Av. Vv., Il "rimosso" nell'operazione filosofica. Il pensiero di Sarah Kofman, S. Tarantino (a cura di), Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, Napoli 2024. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman philosopher autrement, G. Michaud et I. Ullern (éds.), Hermann, Paris 2021. F. Negri, L’arte dell’ascolto. Sarah Kofman e la filosofia, Aracne 2018. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman’s Corpus, T. Chanter and Pleashette De Armitt (editors), State University of New York Press, Albany 2007. Su/On Lacoue-Labarthe, a seguire

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Evaluation: Exam will consist on an oral test of about 40 minutes. To pass the test the student must: a) to know the content of the texts studied; b) to know how to give it back clearly, mastering in a correct way the specialized lexicon of the philosophical language and in particular that of the philosophers studied; c) to show the ability to identify the most relevant theoretical junctions, critically discussing them; d) to develop an argument independently on the contents dealt with. e) In addition, a short text of 10 pages on a specific topic chosen whit professor, is mandatory

** La bibliografia su Derrida è amplissima: qui si suggerisco solo alcuni riferimenti di libri di più facile accesso. In Italiano: S. Regazzoni, Jacques Derrida, Feltrinelli, Milano 2018. C. Resta, La passione dell’impossibile. Saggi su Derrida, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2016. S. Facioni, F. Vitale, S. Ragazzoni, Derridario. Dizionario della decosctruzione, il Melangolo, Genova 2012. M. Ferraris, Postille a Derrida, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 1990, (2021). In English: J. D. Caputo, Deconstruction in a Nutshell. A conversation with J. Derrida, Fortham University Press, 2020. S. Glendinning, Derrida: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011. L. Hill, The Cambridge introduction to J. Derrida, Cambridge University Press, 2007. En Frençais : Marc Goldschmit, Introduction à Derrida, Pocket, 2003 (et suivantes). e/And O. Ombrosi, Le bestiaire philosophique de J. Derrida, PUF 2022; tra. it. di G. Venticinque, Il bestiario filosofico di J. Derrida, Donzelli, Roma 2025. Su/On Nancy: C. Meazza, Il nichilismo della forma politica. Nell’eredità del comunismo im/possibile di J.L. Nancy, Orthotes, Napoli 2024. F. Recchia Luciani, Jean-Luc Nancy, Feltrinelli, Milano 2024. AA. VV., Le partage d’une voix – Jean Luc Nancy, D. Espinet et J. Rogosinski (éds.), Les Cahiers Philosophiques De Strasbourg, n. 55/2024. Su/On Kofman: O. Ombrosi, «Ecritures et déchirures felines. L’écriture du char Murr (d’Hoffmann) selon Autobiogriffure de Sarah Kofman», in Fabula, Les Colloques, 2025, on-line. - «Sarah Kofman, per una decostruzione al femminile dell’ebraismo», in Ebraismo al femminile, O. Ombrosi (a cura di), La Giuntina, Firenze 2017. Av. Vv., Il "rimosso" nell'operazione filosofica. Il pensiero di Sarah Kofman, S. Tarantino (a cura di), Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, Napoli 2024. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman philosopher autrement, G. Michaud et I. Ullern (éds.), Hermann, Paris 2021. F. Negri, L’arte dell’ascolto. Sarah Kofman e la filosofia, Aracne 2018. Av. Vv., Sarah Kofman’s Corpus, T. Chanter and Pleashette De Armitt (editors), State University of New York Press, Albany 2007. Su/On Lacoue-Labarthe, a seguire

It will be a matter of giving lectures as follows: - fifty minutes for an introduction/lecture to the texts that will be read and for the explanation of the topics covered - fifty minutes of reading and commenting the texts - twenty minutes of discussion with the students. At a later stage, the active involvement of students will be required by presenting specific research on the proposed texts and studying them together. It will use also a virtual class on platform Google Classroom (the link will be given before the course begins)