Thought and Creativity 2 [Anthropology] – Anthropological foundations.

Topic 1. The dimensions of the human condition. [Introduction to anthropology].
Topic 2. Person and community. [The self and the others].
Topic 3. The care of the self and of others: the virtues. *
Topic 4. The sense of justice. *
Topic 5. The sense of solidarity. *
Topic 6. Human rights. The fundamental axes and the meaning of the declaration. *
Topic 7. Personal identity and the experience of time. *
Topic 8. Language and affectivity. *
Topic 9. Beauty and art. *
Topic 10. The question of evil and injustice. *
Topic 11 Finitude, transcendence and religion. *
Topic 12. Freedom.
* Topics 3-11 are dealt with as different sections of topic 2.
Other topics we can deal with in topic 2 are:
01) Nature and culture; biology and history.
02) Body and soul. Soul and mind. Consciousness and unconsciousness.
03) The experience of love.
04) Sex and gender.
05) Classes and races.
06) Ecologism.
07) The animals.
08) Culture and cultures. What are they, how do they evolve? A global culture?
09) Writing.
10) The economy: values and money. A global economy?
11) Rights: humans, animals and robots.
12) Politics: Political regimes and empires; the new global empire.
13) Humanism and post-humanism.
14) Truth, falsehood and post-truth.
15) The technological revolution and other historical revolutions: similarities and differences.
16) Happiness.
17) Other topics proposed by the students.