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The course focuses on the study of four fundamental chapters of Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno: The Concept of Enlightenment, Odysseus, or Myth and Enlightenment, The Culture Industry, and Elements of Antisemitism. Published in 1947, this work represents one of the most critical and complex reflections on modernity. It examines the failure of the Enlightenment to fulfill its promises of emancipation, while also exploring the possibility of a radical self-critique within Enlightenment reason itself - aimed at recovering its original and deeper objectives of freedom and self-determination. To support the reading, the course includes Introduzione a Adorno and La Scuola di Francoforte by Stefano Petrucciani, which will help contextualize the work and the philosophical tradition in which it is situated.

The course requires prior knowledge equivalent to a bachelor's degree level in philosophy.

1. M. Horkheimer, Th. W. Adorno, La dialettica dell’illuminismo, Einaudi (qualsiasi anno di edizione), limitatamente ai capitoli Concetto di illuminismo, Odisseo, o mito e illuminismo, L'industria culturale, e Elementi dell’antisemitismo. 2. S. Petrucciani, Introduzione a Adorno, Laterza, Roma-Bari (qualsiasi anno di edizione) 3. S. Petrucciani, La Scuola di Francoforte, Carocci, Roma 2023.

Attending the course is highly recommended.

The evaluation consists of an oral examination. The following will be assessed (also during the course) 1. Knowledge and understanding of the text covered by the course, from its most general aspects to its details; in particular, the students' ability to confront a philosophical text and to critically and personally analyse specific aspects of it will be assessed (evaluation points 1-12). 2. The students' ability to express themselves and to master, even in detail, the vocabulary (evaluation points 1-8). 3. Knowledge of the historical context (in relation to the thought of the authors covered by the course and in relation to the history of philosophy in general) (evaluation points 1-5). 4. The capability of original elaboration and personal exploration of the issues addressed (evaluation points 1-5).

Frontal lessons with moments of discussion.

The course focuses on the study of four fundamental chapters of Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno: The Concept of Enlightenment, Odysseus, or Myth and Enlightenment, The Culture Industry, and Elements of Antisemitism. Published in 1947, this work represents one of the most critical and complex reflections on modernity. It examines the failure of the Enlightenment to fulfill its promises of emancipation, while also exploring the possibility of a radical self-critique within Enlightenment reason itself - aimed at recovering its original and deeper objectives of freedom and self-determination. To support the reading, the course includes Introduzione a Adorno and La Scuola di Francoforte by Stefano Petrucciani, which will help contextualize the work and the philosophical tradition in which it is situated.

The course requires prior knowledge equivalent to a bachelor's degree level in philosophy.

1. M. Horkheimer, Th. W. Adorno, La dialettica dell’illuminismo, Einaudi (qualsiasi anno di edizione), limitatamente ai capitoli Concetto di illuminismo, Odisseo, o mito e illuminismo, L'industria culturale, e Elementi dell’antisemitismo. 2. S. Petrucciani, Introduzione a Adorno, Laterza, Roma-Bari (qualsiasi anno di edizione) 3. S. Petrucciani, La Scuola di Francoforte, Carocci, Roma 2023.

Attending the course is highly recommended.

The evaluation consists of an oral examination. The following will be assessed (also during the course) 1. Knowledge and understanding of the text covered by the course, from its most general aspects to its details; in particular, the students' ability to confront a philosophical text and to critically and personally analyse specific aspects of it will be assessed (evaluation points 1-12). 2. The students' ability to express themselves and to master, even in detail, the vocabulary (evaluation points 1-8). 3. Knowledge of the historical context (in relation to the thought of the authors covered by the course and in relation to the history of philosophy in general) (evaluation points 1-5). 4. The capability of original elaboration and personal exploration of the issues addressed (evaluation points 1-5).

Frontal lessons with moments of discussion.