SUMMER 2012 Philosophy Seminar #1
PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE (The Modern Philippine City)
Lecture schedules
9:00-12:00 nn, SOM 111 (Ching Tan Room, School of Management)
This is a seminar course that reflects on the various possible readings of the modern Philippine city. Applying the optics of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and deconstruction as well as a dialogue with literature, film, political science, sociology and anthropology, the lecturers from the Department of Philosophy will help the participants understand the rationality that defines this city. It will include actual engagement with the cultural heritage and lifeworld of the city in which we dwell.
Apr. 12, Thurs., Dr. Agustin Rodriguez & Dr. Remmon Barbaza - Introduction
Apr. 13, Fri., Dr. Remmon Barbaza - “There Where Nothing Happens: The Poetry of Space in Heidegger and Arellano”
Apr. 16, Mon., Dr. Remmon Barbaza - “Metro Manila and the Fate of the Pedestrian”
Apr. 17, Tue., Film viewing
Apr. 18, Wed., Mr. Michael Ner Mariano - “From Plato’s Kallipolis to Kafka’s Castle”
Apr. 19,Thurs., Mr. Michael Ner Mariano - “Derrida, Hospitality, and the Kosmou Polis”
Apr. 20, Fri., Dr. Agustin Rodriguez - Lungsod Squatter 1
Apr. 23, Mon., Dr. Agustin Rodriguez - Lungsod Squatter 2
Apr. 24, Tue., Dr. Jesus Principe - “Buying into Belief: Religion and the Modern Market”
Apr. 25, Wed., Dr. Jesus Principe - “Sin City: An Open Space Behind Closed Doors”
Apr. 26, Thurs., Field trip
Apr. 27, Fri., Processing of field trip
Apr. 30, Mon., PLENARY
The class is open as a certificate course to the public. The fees are as follows:
Php 350 for walk-in participants per lecture
Php 3,000 for the whole seminar with certificate of attendance



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