Introduction to Contemporary Thought

Code:

229

Acronym:

229

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	204	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	2	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purposes of this curricular unit are:

- To provide an outline of contemporary thinking.
- To adjust contemporary thinking to the questions raised by sport sciences.
- To understand the major importance of aesthetics and ethics to the understanding of sports.
- To undestand sports in the context of a universal ontology.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that at the end of the semester the students have acquired skills in the development of: i) critical thinking, ii) interest in integrative visions of problems and iii) interdisciplinary approaches.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Unit I : Aesthetics of Sports

1. Sports, aesthetics and art
2. Sports considered as an aesthetic activity
3. Factors and aesthetic categories that shape the aesthetic value of sports
4. The aesthetic experience induced by sports

Unit II: Ethics in Sports

1. Portrait of the contemporary man
2. Sports, poetry and philosophy
3. Sports as a “human workshop”
4. University as the locus of human fulfilment
5. Ethical imperatives of sports

Unit III: The contemporary body

1. The axiological, cultural, anthropological and ontological body
2. The narcissus myth and the perfect body
3. The embodied logos and the sense of incorporation
4. The body industries

 

 

Mandatory literature

Bento Jorge Olímpio; Desporto e humanismo. ISBN: 85-85881-59-3
Bento Jorge 340; Desporto, ética, sociedade
Bento Jorge Olímpio; Da .arété. ou excelência no desporto, na educação e na vida
Bento Jorge Olímpio; Educação cívica, liberdade e humanidade
Bento Jorge Olímpio; À procura de referências para uma ética do desporto
Lacerda T. O. (Teresa); Olhar para o desporto do ponto de vista estético
Lacerda Teresa Oliveira; Elementos para a construção de uma estética do desporto
Lacerda Teresa O.; Uma^aproximação estética ao corpo desportivo
Lipovetsky Gilles; O^crepúsculo do dever. ISBN: 972-20-1154-5
Lipovetsky Gilles; O^império do efémero. ISBN: 972-20-0695-9
Lipovetsky Gilles; A^era do vazio
Patrício Manuel Ferreira; Lições de axiologia educacional. ISBN: 972-674-105-X
Silva Paulo Cunha e; O lugar do corpo. ISBN: 972-771-076-X

Comments from the literature

During the semester the teacher will provide more references in order to help autonomous study periods.

 

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: the expository method prevails, although there is an effort to place the student in the center of the teaching process, promoting interaction and developing the need for research and critical reflection on the topics discussed.

Practical classes: reflection and discussion of issues covered in class through  texts, pictures and movies, presentation of group work, promoting autonomy, responsibility and critical thinking.

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Theoretical component: 50%. Final exam.

Practical component: 50 %. Students must accomplish two practical works during the semester within continuous assessment. Attendance of 75% of classes.

Final result: 9,5 values equal or above to succeed the Curricular Unit.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the general regulation of the University of Porto.

 

Classification improvement

In accordance with the general regulation of the University of Porto.