Cultures of the Self - 1st semester
Code
722011039
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Augusta Babo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Obtain a deep knowledge on the issues of subjectivity;
b) Reflect on the devices that configure subjectivity;
c) Gather self-awareness on the individual experience of writing.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
a)The notion of subjectivity: An introduction.
b) Approaching the body: the limits of the self.
c) Configurations of subjectivity:
-Devices of reflection: the self-portrait;
-Devices of extension: the autobiography;
-Devices of inscription: the autographs.
Bibliography
AAVV (1999) L´animal autobiographique - autour de Jacques Derrida, Paris, Galilée AGAMBEN, G. (2007) Qu’est-ce qu’un dispositif ?Paris, Rivages poche/ Petite Bibliothèque
BABO, M. A., (2008) “O processo de individuação nas práticas autográficas”, in: O estatuto do singular – Estratégias e Perspectivas, org. Maria Luísa Couto Soares, Lisboa, INCM
FOUCAULT, M. (2001) L’Hermenéutique du sujet, Paris, Hautes Études/ Gallimard/ Seuil
STIEGLER, B. (2004) De la misère symbolique - 1. L’époque hyperindustrielle, Paris, Galilée
Teaching method
Evaluation method