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Week - 1
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Introduction: What is phiosophy of history? Are res gestae and historia rerum gestarum related to one another? |
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Week - 2
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The concept of history in ancient and medieval era-1: Plato and Aristotle on history |
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Week - 3
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The concept of history in ancient and medieval era-2: St. Augustine as the first philosopher of history |
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Week - 4
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Ibn Khaldun and Muqaddimah: the origins of a civilization theory. Shall history be based on examining societies and civilizations? |
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Week - 5
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The conception of history from Renaissance to 19th century in general. |
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Week - 6
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Vico as the father of philosophy of history as it is conceived today. The New Science and its implications on the later European culture. |
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Week - 7
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19th century as ‘the century of history’ and of ‘German Idealism’. Herder, Thoughts On The Philosophy of History of Humanity; Kant, A General View of History Towards A Cosmopolitan Intent. |
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Week - 8
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Major German Idealists- Fichte, The Fundamental Characteristics of Our Time; Schelling, The Concept of History, Is There A Philosophy of History?; Hegel, Philosophy of History of The World, Reason in History: An Introduction to Philosophy of History. The German School of History and the collapse of German Idealism. |
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Week - 9
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New perspectives on history in the 19th century: 1. Historical/Dialectical materialism. Selections from Engels, Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy; Marx, 1844 Manuscripts. The philosophical foundations of ‘communist/socialist’ ideology, 2. Positivism, 3. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Burckhardt |
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Week - 10
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Perspectives on history in the 20th century-1: Neo-Kantianism |
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Week - 11
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Perspectives on history in the 20th century-2: Dilthey, historicism, hermeneutics |
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Week - 12
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Perspectives on history in the 20th century-3: Spengler, Toynbee, Neo-Marxism, the Frankfurt School |
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Week - 13
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Evaluation-1: The significance and value of the philosophy of history within the history of thought |
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Week - 14
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Evaluation-2: The impact of the perspectives in philosophy of history on politics and ideological tension. |
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