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(in Polish) Uncommon Aesthetic Phenomena

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Course ID:	3800-UEP24-S
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Uncommon Aesthetic Phenomena
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective seminars
Short description:	(in Polish) The aim of this seminar is to explore areas of everyday life that are not usually considered by philosophical aesthetics as aesthetic phenomena.
Full description:	(in Polish) The aim of the seminar is to explore areas of everyday life that are not usually considered aesthetic phenomena in philosophical aesthetics. By redefining the concept of „the aesthetic", areas such as everyday life, popular culture, landscape, food and eroticism will be examined.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Please note, that the final list of readings is subject to change and negotiation according to students’ research interests) Carroll N., The Philosophy of Mass Art, Oxford University Press, 1997. Saito Y., Everyday Aesthetics, Oxford University Press, 2007. Mittell J. Complex TV, New York University Press, 2015. Shusterman R. „Form and Funk. The Aesthetic Challange of Popular Art”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 3 (31) 1991, pp. 213-230. Gracyk T., „Searching for the Popular and the Art in Popular Art”, Philosophy Compass 2 (2) 2007, pp.380-295. Irvin Sh., „The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 1 (48) 2008, pp. 29–44. Naukkarinen O., ”Variations in Artification”, Contemporary Aesthetics, Special Issue: Artification, vol. 4; Gerson M-J., „The World of Mad Men: Power, Surface, and Passion”, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 71 (2011), pp. 370–375; Butler, J. G., “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Historicizing Visual Style in Mad Men” [in:] Mad Men: Dream Come True TV, Edited by Gary R. Edgerton, London 2011, pp. 55–71. Donnelly A. M., “The New American Hero: Dexter, Serial Killer for the Masses”, The Journal of Popular Culture (1) 45 (2012), pp. 15–26; Force W. R., “The Code of Harry: Performing Normativity in Dexter”, Crime, Media, Culture, (3) 6 2011, ss. 329–345. Jameson F., “Realism and Utopia in the Wire”, Criticism 3–4 (52) 2010, pp. 359–372; Bramall R., Pitcher B., “Policing the crisis, or, why we love The Wire”, International Journal of Culture Studies, (1) 16 2013, pp. 85–98. Sibley F., “Tastes, Smells, and Aesthetics” [in:] ibidem, Approach to Aesthetics, Oxford University Press 2001; Brady E., “Smells, Tastes and Everyday Aesthetics” [in:] Philosophy and Food, Ed. David Kaplan. Berkeley: California University Press, 2012. Fokt S., “Pornographic Art – A Case from Definitions”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 3 (52) 2012, pp. 278–300; Neill A., “The Pornographic, the Erotic, the Charming, and the Sublime” [in:] Art and Pornography. Philosophical Essays, Ed. Maes H., Levinson J., Oxford University Press 2012. Parsons G., A. Carlson, “Functional Beauty in Contemporary Aesthetic Theory” [in:] Functional Beauty, Oxford University Press 2008; Sauchelli A., “Functional Beauty, Perception, and Aesthetic Judgments” British Journal of Aesthetics (1) 53 2012, pp. 41–53.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Students know and understand advanced methods of philosophical analysis Students have in-depth research skills, including analyzing the work of other students and synthesizing various ideas and views. Students have the ability to formulate critical opinions about cultural products based on scientific knowledge and experience.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Essay (4,000) words Number of absences: 2

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span:	2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W TH SEM SEM FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 60 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Adam Andrzejewski
Group instructors:	Adam Andrzejewski
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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