Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Theories of Ideology and Ideologies of Theory
We will show how the concept of ideology is a layered concept with fluid contours, one that inherently vacillates between different meanings, different interpretations, and different uses, including within the Marxist tradition, where it plays a central role but is far from unambiguous.
We will explore ideology as a complex issue, whose specific function is to create mediations between the individual and the social, the private and the public, subjectivity and objectivity. It is a "mediating notion" that connects reason and the unconscious, scientific knowledge and common sense, or even the real and the imaginary.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course aims to provide students with methodological and conceptual tools enabling them to engage directly and critically with Marxist thought and with essential works of 20th-century political philosophy.
By offering a multidimensional analysis of the ideological phenomenon (deployed at the epistemological, socio-political, and existential levels of subjective experience), the course invites students to question the operativity of these approaches in order to understand the role of ideologies in the contemporary era.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In the first phase, the course provides historical-conceptual tools for understanding the general framework of the issues and the authors analysed. The second phase of the course provides a commented reading of philosophical texts. Through the class discussion, students would be asked to discuss on specific topics emerging from the texts. During the course the teacher aims to build an active relationship with the students, with the goal of establishing with them a practice of philosophical dialogue.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
A detailed bibliography (including both mandatory and advanced readings) will be provided to students a few weeks before the course begins.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Further information:
The evaluation will take into account: degree of learning of the proposed contents; adequacy of the used vocabulary; argumentative capacity; ability to autonomous critical re-elaboration of topics.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course will be provided:
Every Wednesday, starting from 10.02.2027, 11.00 am-1.00 pm.
Room: A2/4/17