General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Contemporary Philosophy of Dialogue
Language English
Module lecturer Prof. Piotr Leśniewski, dr Katarzyna Gan-Krzywoszyńska
Lecturer's email kg8908@st.amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position PhD Associate Professor
Faculty Faculty of Philosophy
Semester 2026/2027 (winter)
Duration 30
ECTS 6
USOS code 22-PIE-CPD

Timetable

Thursdays, 13:15-14:45, ul. Szamarzewskiego 89 (Campus OGRODY), room 105 (Building D). 

 

Module aim (aims)

1. Promoting in participants dialogical attitude.

2. Making participants familiar with contemporary theories of dialogue.

3. Approaching contemporary challenges in building dialogical relations.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

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Syllabus

 

    1. Introduction/organizational class

 

    1. Franz Rosenzweig

 

    1. Martin Buber

 

    1. Emmanuel Levinas

 

    1. Analogical paradigm as a foundation of dialogue

 

    1. Enrique Dussel

 

    1. Paulo Freire

 

    1. Jorge Luis Borges

 

    1. Reyes Mate

 

    1. Jose Ortega y Gasset

 

    1. Gabriel Marcel

 

    1. Albert Camus and Vercors

 

    1. Józef Tischner

 

    1. The Project of Dialogical Society

 

    1. Limits of dialogue



 

Reading list

Jorge Luis Borges "Autobiographical Essay"

Martin Buber "I and Thou"

Enrique Dussel "Transmodernity and Interculturality: An Interpretation from the Perspective of Philosophy of Liberation"

Enrique Dussel "Analogy and Communication"

Katarzyna Gan-Krzywoszyńska & Piotr Leśniewski "The Culture of Memory: The Approach of Reyes Mate"

Paulo Freire "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

Gabriel Marcel "Homo Viator"

Piotr Leśniewski "Wistful Hope: A Dialogical Study on Revolt"

Franz Rosenzweig "The New Thinking"

Józef Tischner "The Ethics of Solidarity"