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Syllabus Relationships as a Theological Philosophical Political and Pedagogic Value: A Critique of the Auto - 63110
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Last update 28-10-2024
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Jewish Education

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Eilon Schwortz

Coordinator Email: eilonschwartz@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesdays 16:00-17:00

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Eilon Schwortz

Course/Module description:
The course investigates the concept of relationships as a counterbalance to the centrality of the individual in our public lives. The idea and its implications will be looked at from multiple disciplinary perspectives: theological, philosophical, gender, education, ethics and others

Course/Module aims:
The aim of the course is to build a substantial understanding of the meaning of "relationships", as both a critique and as a corrective to the centrality of the autonomous rational individual in our public lives.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- have a rich understanding of "relationships" as a substantive concept, and "the autonomous individual" and its centrality today.
- the students will be able to consider what a more relationship-based public philosophy would look like
-the students will learn real life applications of relationship phenomenology to multiple practices: education, social work, community building and more

Attendance requirements(%):
90%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: frontal lecture
audiovisual materials
powerpoint presentations
text study
class discussion

Course/Module Content:
each week will cover a different discipline and a different intellectual's work:
morality - Jonathan Haidt
theology - R. Yuval Sherlo
phil. - Alistair MacIntyre
evolutionary thought - Mary Midgley
hermeneutics - Hans Georg Gadamar
Sociology - Peter Berger
Economics - Karl Polanyi
Gender - Carol Gilligan
Education - John Dewey
Social Work - Hillary Cotnam
Community - Arnie Graff
Politics - George Orwell
Dialogue - Martin Buber

Required Reading:
ג'ונתן היידט, TED TALK, ''השורשים המוסרים של ליברלים ושמרנים''
ג'ונתן היידט, למה אתם תמיד צודקים: איך דת ופוליטיקה מפלגות אנשים טובים, ע' 105-186
הרב יובל שרלו, וההלכה כבית הלל ע' 100-120
אליסטיר מקינטייר, קטעים מתוך מעבר למידה הטובה
קטעים מתוך Mary Midgley, Beast and Man
from Hans Georg Gadamar, Truth and Method, pp.272-305
מנחם מאוטנר, "גדמר והמשפט", ע' 369-419
Peter Berger, “On the Obsolescence of the Concept of Honor”
קרל פולני, מתוך המעבר הגדול
קרול גיליגן, בקול אחר, ע' 49-84
John Dewey, excerpts from Democracy and Education
excerpts from Hillary Cotnam, Radical Help
Marc Stears, excerpts from Out of the Ordinary
מרטין בובר, "תקווה לשעה זאת"

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 60 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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