Academic views: Seminar actualité critique européenne

general courses

Remote learning

(in Polish)

In the summer semester of the 2020/2021 academic year, classes will be conducted remotely on the Google Meet and UW Come platforms.

The seminar is conducted in Polish, one or two meetings will be exceptionally held in English.

Organized by WNPiSM UW, the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the Centre de civilisation francaise et d’etudes francophones.

Seminar coordinators: dr hab Justyna Miecznikowska (WNPiSM UW), dr Magdalena Gawin (WF UW), Dr. Kinga Torbicka (OKFiSF UW).

The seminar is based on the assumption that in the modern world there is a need for interdisciplinary debates at the academic level. They aim to bring a critical and thoughtful look at the events and problems of the contemporary world.

The seminar is part of the network of debates taking place in many countries in Europe. It was initiated by the École Normale Supérieure Paris as part of the Actualité critique européenne interdisciplinary seminar. This seminar brings together researchers and students around issues of key importance to politics, science, economics, society and the arts.

The analysis of contemporary world events more and more often leads to manipulations, transformations and false interpretations. Seminar participants will analyze current events in a critical way from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.

This formula aims to become a place of reflection and critical analysis.

Alain Badiou, Etyka, Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warszawa 2009

Henri Bergson, Energia duchowa, IFIS PAN, Warszawa 2004

Michel Foucault, Słowa i rzeczy. Archeologia nauk humanistycznych, Wyd. Słowo/Obraz Terytoria, Gdańsk, wyd I: 2005 (2 tomy)

Michel Foucault, Trzeba bronić społeczeństwa, Aletheia, Warszawa 1998

Michel Hardt, Antonio Negri, Imperium, WAB, Warszawa 2000

Samuel P. Huntington, Zderzenie cywilizacji, Muza, Warszawa 1997

Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, Idea społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Współczesna debata i jej źródła, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2012

Bernard Stiegler, Wstrząsy. Głupota i wiedza w XXI wieku, PWN, Warszawa 2017

Alexis de Tocqueville, O demokracji w Ameryce, Aletheia, Warszawa 2005

Frédéric Worms, Les maladies chroniques de la démocratie, Elidia, Paris 2017

On-line literature on the topics covered during the semester will be systematically presented on the UW Come platform.

Gaining competences, knowledge and skills allowing for a critical analysis of topicality in the contemporary world based on academic knowledge and a broader intellectual perspective based on in-depth reflection.

A final grade will be issued on the basis of attendance, essay and activity:

Presence during on-line meetings (absence during one class),

Active participation in discussions during classes or in a discussion forum on the Come UW platform,

Essay: The deadline for submitting the essay is 18 of May 2020. The essay should contain 6 pages in Polish, the structure of a scientific work, ie contain thesis, research questions, references to theory or empirical data. The lecturers will assess the correctness of the argument and the narrative style. The work should have footnotes and a scientific bibliography. The essay should be related to the topic of the meetings. The work will be checked as part of the university's anti-plagiarism program. The work should be sent by e-mail to one of the course coordinators.