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1 The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 PHIL 3373 Philosophy of Love 愛情哲學 Course Outline 課程大綱 * 暫定 * Term 1 Time: 00:00 00:00 Location: Contact details for teacher / tutors: Teacher Name: Office location: 王耀航 (WONG, Yiu-hong) Room 404, Fung King Hey Building (KHB) Telephone: yiuhongw@gmail.com Course overview This course attempts to explore the idea of love in the Western philosophical tradition, from Plato s eros, through the idea of passionate love, to the phenomenology of love in the 20 th century, etc. Learning outcomes 1. Ability to understand the complex meaning of the concept of love. 2. Ability to read the classic texts on love. 3. Ability to reflect critically on the phenomenon of love. Topics : 暫定 ( 有待修訂 ) 1. 課題剖析 : 探討愛情經驗的性質 1. 情為何物? 何謂真愛? 神秘莫測, 還是別有內情? 2. 愛情之萌發 : 一種感覺 (feeling), 一份情感 (emotion) 3. 愛情理論的兩個面向 : 描述性 (descriptive) 與規範性 (prescriptive) 4. 愛情涉及價值判別活動 : 評價 (appraisal) 與賦予 (bestowal) 1

2 2. 愛情的源頭 - 神話及哲學思維 1. 西方的神話和傳說世界 : 神話的象徵意義 2. 古希臘世界的愛神 : 阿弗洛忒 (Aphrodite/ Venus) 與愛洛施 (Eros/ Cupid) 3. 柏拉圖對愛欲 (eros) 的剖析 哲學介入神話思維 4. 柏拉圖的 會飲篇 愛欲言辭之爭辯 3. 愛情之 非常道 : 不一樣的了解 1. 想像與現實之間 : 愛情只可遠觀, 不可褻玩!! 2. 弗洛伊德 (Freud) 的 心理分析 對愛的解構 3. 心理位置 客體關係與愛的原初感受 4. 情愛的現象與價值 ( 待定 ) 1. 馬克斯. 謝勒 (Max Scheler) 對愛與恨的探討 2. 情感 價值與愛的感知 3. 愛的秩序 (Ordo Amoris) 與人之存在地位 5. 愛情 起革命? 1. 浪漫愛的起源 : 上帝 騎士與愛人 2. 浪漫與激情之愛 (Romantic & Passionate Love) 3. 崔斯坦與依索德 (Tristan and Iseult) 的愛情故事 4. 激情與受苦, 為愛以至於死 (Liebestod) 6. 現代社會和文化之愛情 --- 說的多, 卻愛得少! 1. 當前文化處境對傳統愛情關係的衝擊 2. 愛情中的親密關係之變革 3. 個體化, 自由選擇與爭執 自由與具風險的機會 4. 愛情之混亂與秩序 Learning activities and workload : may be revised - In this course, you are expected to read and think about the assigned readings; develop the skills mentioned in the course outcomes through philosophical discussion and writing (short essays, final essays, and presentation, comment report of tutorial readings); attend all lectures, and participate in discussion. Activities and workload : In-class (mandatory) : 1. Lecture: 2-3 hours for every week. 2. Interactive discussion. 2

3 Out-of-class (average workload per week) : 1. Reading: 2 3 hours on the basic and suggested readings in different topics. 2. Essays: an average of 2 3 hours each week on reading the texts and preparing the essay throughout the semester. 3. Reading Report: an average of 2 3 hours each week on reading the texts, Required reading, and preparing the report throughout the semester. Assessment scheme : tentative arrangement ( 待定 ) Task nature Description Weight 閱讀報告 同學必須清楚理解閱讀材料 *, 然後寫成一篇論述報告 ; 報告字數不少於 2000 字 * 閱讀材料必須從 Required reading, 各組選定文章中作 35% 選擇 學期論文 不少於 3000 字, 題目不得與閱讀報告選題重複 40% 課堂討論參與 課堂提問和討論 相關的, 具啟發的反省 10% 短文一篇 約 1000 字, 核心概念解釋 15% Remarks on Assessment Scheme (if any) 撰寫閱讀報告及論文的有關指引將會在課堂中適當時間公佈 Course schedule : tentative ( 待定 ) Week Topics Required reading Suggest Irving Singer, The Nature of Love. Alain de Botton, On love. Chap Eric Fromm, The Art of Loving. Chap. 1 & Martin Bergmann, The Anatomy of Loving, chap. 3, 6, 7. Plato, Symposium. 劉小楓編譯 : 柏拉圖的會飲 ( 華夏, 2003) Dylan Evans, Emotion. (Oxford Univ. Press, 2001) chap. 1-2 Rolf M. Johnson, Three Faces of Love (Northern Illinois Univ., 2001). Jamey Hecht, Plato s Symposium: eros and the human predicament. (Twayne Pub.,1999) Martha Nussbaum, The Speech of Alcibiades, In The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love. (Univ. Press Kansas, 1991) p. 279ff. 3

4 5-6 3 Sigmund Freud, Three essays on the theory of sexuality, chapter 2 & 3. Jonathan Lear, Love and its Place in Nature Martin Bergmann, The Anatomy of Loving, pp Max Scheler, Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Value Max Scheler, The Nature of Sympathy Dennis Rougemont, Love in the Western World. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1983 Roland Barthes, A Lover s Discourse Louis Mackey, Eros into Logos: the Rhetoric of Courtly Love, In The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love. (Univ. Press Kansas, 1991) pp Anthony Giddens, The Transformation of Intimacy. Oxford: Polity Press, 1992, chapter 3, 4. Ulrich Beck / Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, The Normal Chaos of Love. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1995, chapter 1, 2, 3, 6. Anthony Giddens, The consequences of modernity, 1990, chapter I, IV. Recommended learning resources : John Armstrong, Conditions of Love: the philosophy of intimacy. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003 Alain Badiou, In praise of love. London: Serpent s Tail, 2012 Roland Barthes, A Lover s Discourse. Trans Richard Howard. London: Pengguin, Ulrich Beck / Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, The Normal Chaos of Love. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1995 Martin Bergmann, The Anatomy of Loving. New York: Columbia University Press, Alain de Botton, On Love. New York: Grove Press, 1993 Alain de Botton, The Course of Love. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017 John M. Cooper, [edited, with introduction and notes] ; Plato : Complete Works. Indianapolis, Ind. : Hackett Pub., Georges Duby, Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Polity Press, Eric Fromm, The Art of Loving. New York: Harper & Row, Sigmund Freud, The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud. Trans. & edited A.A. Brill. New York: Modern Library,

5 Sigmund Freud, Three essays on the theory of sexuality. New York : Basic Books, Anthony Giddens, The Transformation of Intimacy. Oxford: Polity Press, Roger E. Lamb (ed.), Love Analyzed. Boulder: Westview Press, Jonathan Lear, Love and its Place in Nature. New Haven : Yale Univ. Press, C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves. Glasgow : Fount, Jose Ortega y Gasset, On Love; aspects of a single theme. New York : Meridian Books, Ayala Malach Pines, Falling in Love. 2 nd Edition. New York: Routledge, Dennis Rougemont, Love in the Western World. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, Gerasimos Santas, Plato and Freud : two theories of love. Oxford : B. Blackwell, Max Scheler, Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Value. Trans. M.S. Frings / R.L. Funk. Evaston, IL : Northwestern Unvi. Press, Max Scheler, The Nature of Sympathy. Trans. Peter Heath. London: Routledge, Irving Singer, The Nature of Love. 3 vols. Chicago: Chicago Univ. Press, Irving Singer, The Pursuit of Love. Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press, Irving Singer, Explorations in love and sex. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Allen Soble (ed.), Eros, Agape and Philia: readings in the philosophy of love. New York: Paragon House, Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins (ed.), The Philosophy of (erotic) love. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, Robert Solomon, Love, Emotion, Myth and Metaphor. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, Anthony Stevens, Jung. New York : Oxford University Press, 鄭振鐸編著, 希臘羅馬神話與傳說中的戀愛故事 Joseph Campbell, 神話的智慧 : 時空變遷中的神話 李子寧譯 台北 : 立緖文化事業有限公司,1996 Feedback for evaluation 1. As with all courses in general education, students evaluate the course through a survey and written comments at the end of the term as well as via regular feedback between teacher and students. 2. Students are welcome to give feedback on the course at any time. They can do so by communication to teacher in class, or by . Details of course website We use Blackboard for this course. Relevant announcements and course materials, including lecture power points, notes, assignments, will be posted regularly on the website. Academic honesty and plagiarism Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures. For group projects, all students of the same group should be asked to sign the declaration. For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers. Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide. 5

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