| CODE | PHI5102 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Communications and Community | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Philosophy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The philosophy of communication and its relationship to the community has been tackled by diverse philosophers. Some have focused on communication as enabling the possibility of community, others have focused on communication as being used as a means of inclusion and exclusion, while others have focused on communication as a construction of the self in dialogue with others. This study-unit will provide an overview of the key foundational texts of contemporary philosophers of communication so as to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the aforementioned themes. The philosophers under discussion may include Agamben, Bataille, Nancy and Carey among others. Study-unit Aims: The overall objective of the unit is to provide students with an advanced knowledge of the various theories of communication so as to demonstrate the centrality of communication within contemporary discourse. In addition, the study unit will further provide students with the critical tools required to evaluate these theories and frame them within the broader framework of contemporary Western philosophy. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse philosophical and theoretical conceptions of communication and community; - explore the differences between traditional and contemporary accounts of community and communication; - investigate the degree to which communication plays a role in the formation of a communal identity; - examine the role of the other in the construction of a communicative and communal identity. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse and evaluate the various theories of communication and community discussed throughout the course in a written assignment; - critique or defend a theory of communication and community through a written assignment; - synthesize the various theories of communication and community and utilize them to conduct an analysis of a contemporary situation in a written assignment; - formulate a theory of communication and community in a written assignment. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bataille, George. Inner Experience (New York: State University of New York Press, 1988) - Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Inoperative Community (U.S.A University of Minnesota Press, 1991) - Agamben, Giorgio. The Coming Community (U.S.A: University of Minnesota Press, 1993) - Carey, James. Communication as Culture (London: Routledge, 1989). Supplementary texts: - Briankle, G. Chang (ed), and Garner, C. Butchart (ed). Philosophy of Communication (Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2012). - Peters Durham, John. Speaking into the Air (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999). - Stewart, John. Language as Articulate Contact (New York: State University of New York Press, 1995). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claude Mangion |
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