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Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy

Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy


Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy

About this course

Focusing on thinkers from continental Europe like Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Copenhagen’s own Søren Kierkegaard, this course traces the development of the conception of ‘selfhood’ in the 19th and 20th centuries. We study how ethical thinking has moved from the language of duty to that of personal answerability, and how the search for meaningful personal existence has increasingly become the responsibility of the individual.

Syllabus

Fall 2024

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External university course

This course is taught in conjunction with the University of Copenhagen and will be taught on their campus, alongside local and international students, a short distance away from DIS classes.

Faculty

Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen

Faculty

Ph.D., Philosophy and European Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science, 2018). Postdoc at Aarhus University, 2021-2024. Postdoc at University of Copenhagen, 2024-. With DIS since 2024.

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