The Concept of Universal History and Thinking about the End of the History: Perspectives from East and West
Authorship
H.L.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
H.L.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
07.18.2024 16:00
07.18.2024 16:00
Summary
This year coincides with the celebration of the tercentenary of the birth of Immanuel Kant (Koenigsberg, 1724). His work has inspired many thinkers, and also in particular his thinking about universal history. This TFM initially takes as reference the statements of Kant, Hegel and Fukuyama on the development of history towards freedom and also takes into account Marx's conviction expressed in the Manifest of the Communist Party (1848) that humanity is heading towards communism. In all these cases, thinking about human history entails the explicit idea of an end of history. History would have a purpose (orientation towards a goal) and also an end (the attainment of that goal). I have also decided to see if Eastern philosophy raises analogous questions, while keeping in mind the present situation of our world. Is history moving forward? Where to? It seems to the essayist and novelist Amin Maalouf that we are all 'lost' in the midst of a great crisis. At this critical juncture, the philosophy of history will play its unique role.
This year coincides with the celebration of the tercentenary of the birth of Immanuel Kant (Koenigsberg, 1724). His work has inspired many thinkers, and also in particular his thinking about universal history. This TFM initially takes as reference the statements of Kant, Hegel and Fukuyama on the development of history towards freedom and also takes into account Marx's conviction expressed in the Manifest of the Communist Party (1848) that humanity is heading towards communism. In all these cases, thinking about human history entails the explicit idea of an end of history. History would have a purpose (orientation towards a goal) and also an end (the attainment of that goal). I have also decided to see if Eastern philosophy raises analogous questions, while keeping in mind the present situation of our world. Is history moving forward? Where to? It seems to the essayist and novelist Amin Maalouf that we are all 'lost' in the midst of a great crisis. At this critical juncture, the philosophy of history will play its unique role.
Direction
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
DE DONATO RODRIGUEZ, JAVIER (Member)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
DE DONATO RODRIGUEZ, JAVIER (Member)
The boundaries of sexuality: the value of consent in pornography
Authorship
L.F.D.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
L.F.D.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.13.2024 10:00
09.13.2024 10:00
Summary
Pornography is one of the new planes of society that is currently at the top of the global economy and that has managed to reach a large part of the world's population and their vision of sexuality. Due to its importance, the aim of this paper is to analyze this industry and its effects on society. More specifically, the object of study is the value of consent in mainstream pornography. Consent is the political principle that regulates sex, which is why it is crucial to do a study of how it is described on a plane as representative as the pornographic one. Consequently, the effects of pornography will also be studied: the consequences of porn consumption in the new generations; the process of female (self) objectification; the power of pornographic discourse and language over the subjugation and silencing of women; the relationship between hardcore porn consumption and tolerance of violence; and the normalization of sexual violence. Thus, it can be concluded that pornography or consent acquires a greater degree of complexity due to the different levels to which it is applied (recording, participation and publication) and that there is a devaluation of the act of consent and the vote of female sex. This analysis will highlight the relevance of consent, which allows the participation of women within the social contract and power relations, and the importance of enhancing the representation of this political principle to normalize its use.
Pornography is one of the new planes of society that is currently at the top of the global economy and that has managed to reach a large part of the world's population and their vision of sexuality. Due to its importance, the aim of this paper is to analyze this industry and its effects on society. More specifically, the object of study is the value of consent in mainstream pornography. Consent is the political principle that regulates sex, which is why it is crucial to do a study of how it is described on a plane as representative as the pornographic one. Consequently, the effects of pornography will also be studied: the consequences of porn consumption in the new generations; the process of female (self) objectification; the power of pornographic discourse and language over the subjugation and silencing of women; the relationship between hardcore porn consumption and tolerance of violence; and the normalization of sexual violence. Thus, it can be concluded that pornography or consent acquires a greater degree of complexity due to the different levels to which it is applied (recording, participation and publication) and that there is a devaluation of the act of consent and the vote of female sex. This analysis will highlight the relevance of consent, which allows the participation of women within the social contract and power relations, and the importance of enhancing the representation of this political principle to normalize its use.
Direction
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
Kant´s aesthetic judgement after Duchamp
Authorship
C.B.S.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
C.B.S.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.13.2024 09:00
09.13.2024 09:00
Summary
The aim of this master’s thesis is to analyze the relevance of the theory of aesthetic judgment proposed by Immanuel Kant in his work Critique of Judgment (1790) in light of the emergence of readymades, an innovative art concept developed by Marcel Duchamp starting in 1913. To achieve this objective, a study will be conducted on Marcel Duchamp's work and the consequences it had for the conception of contemporary art. This will include a detailed analysis of readymades, as well as the redefinition of the boundaries and nature of art. Simultaneously, Kant's aesthetic theory will be examined, with particular attention to reflective aesthetic judgment and sensus communis. The thesis will seek to understand how these Kantian ideas are applied or challenged by the readymade concept introduced by Duchamp. Ultimately, the goal is to identify the convergences and divergences between the aesthetic-theoretical conceptions of both figures. Through this comparative analysis, the aim is to reach conclusions that could support or refute the hypothesis of a possible connection between Kant’s aesthetic ideas and Duchamp’s artistic innovations, providing new perspectives on the evolution of aesthetic theory and contemporary art.
The aim of this master’s thesis is to analyze the relevance of the theory of aesthetic judgment proposed by Immanuel Kant in his work Critique of Judgment (1790) in light of the emergence of readymades, an innovative art concept developed by Marcel Duchamp starting in 1913. To achieve this objective, a study will be conducted on Marcel Duchamp's work and the consequences it had for the conception of contemporary art. This will include a detailed analysis of readymades, as well as the redefinition of the boundaries and nature of art. Simultaneously, Kant's aesthetic theory will be examined, with particular attention to reflective aesthetic judgment and sensus communis. The thesis will seek to understand how these Kantian ideas are applied or challenged by the readymade concept introduced by Duchamp. Ultimately, the goal is to identify the convergences and divergences between the aesthetic-theoretical conceptions of both figures. Through this comparative analysis, the aim is to reach conclusions that could support or refute the hypothesis of a possible connection between Kant’s aesthetic ideas and Duchamp’s artistic innovations, providing new perspectives on the evolution of aesthetic theory and contemporary art.
Direction
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Tutorships)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
The Category of Instant in Kierkegaard´s Thought
Authorship
S.G.G.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
S.G.G.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.12.2024 19:00
09.12.2024 19:00
Summary
The following work addresses the category of the instant in the thought of Kierkegaard. The treatment this category receives throughout Kierkegaard's work will be analyzed (we will specifically focus on Either/Or, Philosophical Fragments, The Concept of Anxiety, and Concluding Unscientific Postscript). We will argue that the category of the instant is an existential category, referring to the way of inhabiting temporality. We will articulate this category around Kierkegaard's three stages, highlighting that in the aesthetic stage the instant operates as a moment of pleasure (which, as we will see, actually loses the instant), in the ethical stage as the moment of choice, and in the religious stage as the moment of passion (or of the paradox). It will be emphasized that the most notable characterization of this category is that it implies the irruption of the eternal into time. Finally, we point out that the category of the instant must be understood as an existential category, because if considered as an ontological category, we would be engaging in speculative philosophy, which is far removed from Kierkegaard's intention of bringing us closer to another way of existing.
The following work addresses the category of the instant in the thought of Kierkegaard. The treatment this category receives throughout Kierkegaard's work will be analyzed (we will specifically focus on Either/Or, Philosophical Fragments, The Concept of Anxiety, and Concluding Unscientific Postscript). We will argue that the category of the instant is an existential category, referring to the way of inhabiting temporality. We will articulate this category around Kierkegaard's three stages, highlighting that in the aesthetic stage the instant operates as a moment of pleasure (which, as we will see, actually loses the instant), in the ethical stage as the moment of choice, and in the religious stage as the moment of passion (or of the paradox). It will be emphasized that the most notable characterization of this category is that it implies the irruption of the eternal into time. Finally, we point out that the category of the instant must be understood as an existential category, because if considered as an ontological category, we would be engaging in speculative philosophy, which is far removed from Kierkegaard's intention of bringing us closer to another way of existing.
Direction
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
Word’s martyrdom: limits philosophy in Miguel de Unamuno
Authorship
E.R.B.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
E.R.B.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
07.09.2024 12:00
07.09.2024 12:00
Summary
In regarding Miguel de Unamuno’s work is a common point to address some of his most well-known works, such as Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, or to focus in his political thinking. Nonetheless, the Unamuno’s reading here proposed starts from a different point of view: the notion of limit. We will understand the production of the basque autor as a production that emerges and is written from discourse’s limit itself. Namely; Unamuno’s work is in a constant deal with something that refuses to be thinked or written. This liminal aspecto of Unamuno’s thinking has one of its culminating moments in San Manuel Bueno, mártir, novel in which embodies the notion of limit itself, both its existential and fictional. To examine this novel enlighten us about how writing and life are two sides of the same coin: desperate creation, or creation over the paradojical side of the limit between the finite and the infinite. We will support the idea that limit’s philosophy in Unamuno is, accordingly, a philosophy made from the border of the infinite and the finite.
In regarding Miguel de Unamuno’s work is a common point to address some of his most well-known works, such as Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, or to focus in his political thinking. Nonetheless, the Unamuno’s reading here proposed starts from a different point of view: the notion of limit. We will understand the production of the basque autor as a production that emerges and is written from discourse’s limit itself. Namely; Unamuno’s work is in a constant deal with something that refuses to be thinked or written. This liminal aspecto of Unamuno’s thinking has one of its culminating moments in San Manuel Bueno, mártir, novel in which embodies the notion of limit itself, both its existential and fictional. To examine this novel enlighten us about how writing and life are two sides of the same coin: desperate creation, or creation over the paradojical side of the limit between the finite and the infinite. We will support the idea that limit’s philosophy in Unamuno is, accordingly, a philosophy made from the border of the infinite and the finite.
Direction
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
Demographic gender bias in Artificial Intelligence
Authorship
L.A.B.L.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
L.A.B.L.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.12.2024 17:00
09.12.2024 17:00
Summary
The study analyses the gender bias problem in the field of artificial intelligence using the literature theorical knowledge to resolve its complexity. Initially, classifies the bias categories to respond to the group contexts in psychological implicit tests (IATs). The results are processed in semantic and syntactic representations using the conceptualisation of the natural language. Preliminarily, the word associations, and references (WEAT) are analysed in algorithms using optimising vectors in coding, and transduction circuits. Next, the elimination methods are contrasted in statistical briefs completing the discriminatory and stereotype profiles in occupational, o sectorial profiles. In this way, objective relations between the cultural profiles of the characters, and specific analytic criteria are obtained, and represented in gender indexes. Finally, we analyse the ethical and political impact relying on the existing rule guides, and the reflexion on the existing knowledge.
The study analyses the gender bias problem in the field of artificial intelligence using the literature theorical knowledge to resolve its complexity. Initially, classifies the bias categories to respond to the group contexts in psychological implicit tests (IATs). The results are processed in semantic and syntactic representations using the conceptualisation of the natural language. Preliminarily, the word associations, and references (WEAT) are analysed in algorithms using optimising vectors in coding, and transduction circuits. Next, the elimination methods are contrasted in statistical briefs completing the discriminatory and stereotype profiles in occupational, o sectorial profiles. In this way, objective relations between the cultural profiles of the characters, and specific analytic criteria are obtained, and represented in gender indexes. Finally, we analyse the ethical and political impact relying on the existing rule guides, and the reflexion on the existing knowledge.
Direction
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Tutorships)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
A feminist approach to domestic labour
Authorship
M.N.F.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
M.N.F.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.13.2024 11:00
09.13.2024 11:00
Summary
The construction of the role of woman as subject is closely linked to the generilised association with the responsibility for care. This work, through the theoretical framework of the Social Reproduction Theory, aims to analyse and suggest political solutions that lead to the emancipation of women from domestic labour. To do so, the role of women at home will be examined in relation to the capitalist social formation, the nature of domestic labour and the role of the family in the reproduction of the system, also studying the contributions made by socialist feminism at the end of the last century. Based on this analysis, some of the proposals regarding the issue will be explored, such as basic income, wages for housework, queer negativity and the centrality of care, with the aim of finding the optimal way for the emancipation of women from the home.
The construction of the role of woman as subject is closely linked to the generilised association with the responsibility for care. This work, through the theoretical framework of the Social Reproduction Theory, aims to analyse and suggest political solutions that lead to the emancipation of women from domestic labour. To do so, the role of women at home will be examined in relation to the capitalist social formation, the nature of domestic labour and the role of the family in the reproduction of the system, also studying the contributions made by socialist feminism at the end of the last century. Based on this analysis, some of the proposals regarding the issue will be explored, such as basic income, wages for housework, queer negativity and the centrality of care, with the aim of finding the optimal way for the emancipation of women from the home.
Direction
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
Kierkegaard and Rilke in Facing the Demand for a Negative Speech
Authorship
S.B.R.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
S.B.R.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
07.09.2024 11:00
07.09.2024 11:00
Summary
Taking as its starting point an awareness of the limits of language and of the irreducibility of reality to discourse, the aim of this paper is to address the possibility of saying, a question that appears to be linked to the determination to safeguard philosophy as a space for approaching the ineffable. To this end, we offer a dialogue between Kierkegaard's writings and those of Rilke, in order to show how both vindicated an alternative philosophy of poetic inspiration which, by assuming an indirect mode of presentation, does not close the word around itself, but frees it to a space of transformation in which it sustains itself by virtue of its transcendence. It is in this sense that we will defend the negative and absent character of saying, which, far from holding and conceptualizing, will allow what is being said to emerge at its very limits, thus resulting in a word whose condition is that of escape and beginning. It will be thus that both Kierkegaard and Rilke will understand that the poet's task will consist in underpinning language as something more than a lack, for in its threshold and silence (in its interiority) we find the space from which to glimpse an ever-open crack.
Taking as its starting point an awareness of the limits of language and of the irreducibility of reality to discourse, the aim of this paper is to address the possibility of saying, a question that appears to be linked to the determination to safeguard philosophy as a space for approaching the ineffable. To this end, we offer a dialogue between Kierkegaard's writings and those of Rilke, in order to show how both vindicated an alternative philosophy of poetic inspiration which, by assuming an indirect mode of presentation, does not close the word around itself, but frees it to a space of transformation in which it sustains itself by virtue of its transcendence. It is in this sense that we will defend the negative and absent character of saying, which, far from holding and conceptualizing, will allow what is being said to emerge at its very limits, thus resulting in a word whose condition is that of escape and beginning. It will be thus that both Kierkegaard and Rilke will understand that the poet's task will consist in underpinning language as something more than a lack, for in its threshold and silence (in its interiority) we find the space from which to glimpse an ever-open crack.
Direction
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
The Poiesis of Nature in German Romanticism
Authorship
R.D.F.N.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
R.D.F.N.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.12.2024 18:00
09.12.2024 18:00
Summary
In our present work, we intend to research the first German Romanticism and see what was interesting about this period for the history of philosophy.The first German romanticism came to produce a conception of non-mimetic poetry, in which the artist no longer imitates nature, but produces and is produced by it. This work seeks to understand the origins of this conception of poetry in the transformation of the concept of nature operated by the idealist philosophies of Kant and Fichte. These philosophers would come to understand nature not as a given product, but through a synthetic process of constitution. We seek, then, to understand how the romantics inherit and radicalize this idea,coming to understand nature as a poetic process, and poetry as a natural process. When undertaking this project, the Romantics not only wanted to bring philosophy closer to poetry,but thought itself to life.
In our present work, we intend to research the first German Romanticism and see what was interesting about this period for the history of philosophy.The first German romanticism came to produce a conception of non-mimetic poetry, in which the artist no longer imitates nature, but produces and is produced by it. This work seeks to understand the origins of this conception of poetry in the transformation of the concept of nature operated by the idealist philosophies of Kant and Fichte. These philosophers would come to understand nature not as a given product, but through a synthetic process of constitution. We seek, then, to understand how the romantics inherit and radicalize this idea,coming to understand nature as a poetic process, and poetry as a natural process. When undertaking this project, the Romantics not only wanted to bring philosophy closer to poetry,but thought itself to life.
Direction
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
The deleuzian event
Authorship
N.S.D.J.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
N.S.D.J.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.13.2024 12:00
09.13.2024 12:00
Summary
We try to think about the Event (l'événement) from a Deleuzian point of view, starting more specifically from the work The Logic of Sense (1969). To do this, we will focus on two distinct lines that the author highlights in the text: On the one hand, we will see the philosophical path that Deleuze borrowed from Stoic logic, seeing the theory of incorporeals, coming from ancient Stoicism that already conceived a notion of event , and also the double temporal reading that the Stoics did (Aion and Cronos). Because by placing himself in this metaphysical register, Deleuze escapes both Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics, which allow him to think about the event. On the other hand, we would also like to follow an artistic-literary path, and thus we intend to get closer to more contemporary authors such as Mallarmé (Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard), and Borges (La lotería de Babilonia), to mention two writers who are cited by Deleuze and from whom he derives his understanding of chance (chance/l'hasard), which will also be very important for the understanding that Deleuze proposes about the event. Thus, combining both paths, we would like to see the innovations that Deleuze brought to the concept of event in the context of contemporary philosophy.
We try to think about the Event (l'événement) from a Deleuzian point of view, starting more specifically from the work The Logic of Sense (1969). To do this, we will focus on two distinct lines that the author highlights in the text: On the one hand, we will see the philosophical path that Deleuze borrowed from Stoic logic, seeing the theory of incorporeals, coming from ancient Stoicism that already conceived a notion of event , and also the double temporal reading that the Stoics did (Aion and Cronos). Because by placing himself in this metaphysical register, Deleuze escapes both Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics, which allow him to think about the event. On the other hand, we would also like to follow an artistic-literary path, and thus we intend to get closer to more contemporary authors such as Mallarmé (Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard), and Borges (La lotería de Babilonia), to mention two writers who are cited by Deleuze and from whom he derives his understanding of chance (chance/l'hasard), which will also be very important for the understanding that Deleuze proposes about the event. Thus, combining both paths, we would like to see the innovations that Deleuze brought to the concept of event in the context of contemporary philosophy.
Direction
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Tutorships)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANXO (Chairman)
LATORRE RUIZ, ENRIQUE (Secretary)
ARBAIZAR GIL, BENITO (Member)
The wonderful wizard of oz: Symbology in a Marxist key
Authorship
A.B.P.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
A.B.P.
Master in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Defense date
09.12.2024 16:00
09.12.2024 16:00
Summary
This paper attempts to rethink the meaning of L. Frank Baum by using the tool of symbolism. Through the study of the symbolic, and from a purely Marxist perspective, it aims to analyze the content of the first two chapters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which the cyclone, the soldiers or the witches can be of great importance in order to explore how the socioeconomic structures of the mid and late nineteenth century are reflected, and how certain historical events of that time come to conquer the story. To do so, it seeks to unravel the multiple symbolic layers present in the novel and understand its relevance in the historical and social context of its time, as well as the impact on the present, where any society can come to observe that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, beyond being a simple children's story, can be interpreted as a profound critique of the power structures and class dynamics of its time.
This paper attempts to rethink the meaning of L. Frank Baum by using the tool of symbolism. Through the study of the symbolic, and from a purely Marxist perspective, it aims to analyze the content of the first two chapters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which the cyclone, the soldiers or the witches can be of great importance in order to explore how the socioeconomic structures of the mid and late nineteenth century are reflected, and how certain historical events of that time come to conquer the story. To do so, it seeks to unravel the multiple symbolic layers present in the novel and understand its relevance in the historical and social context of its time, as well as the impact on the present, where any society can come to observe that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, beyond being a simple children's story, can be interpreted as a profound critique of the power structures and class dynamics of its time.
Direction
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Tutorships)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
LOPEZ SILVESTRE, FEDERICO ANTONIO (Chairman)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)