Week 1: Introductions to Life and Death
Essential reading:
Plato’s Phaedo and The apology
Further reading:
Plato (1975) The Last Days of Socrates, London: Penguin
Cooper, J.M. (Ed) (1997) Plato Complete Works, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing
Week 2: Life, Death and Philosophy
Essential reading:
Cicero, M. T. (2009) Treatises on Friendship and Old Age and selected Letters, Digireads.com
Cicero, M. T. (2002) Cicero on the Emotions: Tusculan Disputations 3 & 4, Chicago: Chicago University Press
Seneca, (1997) On the Shortness of Life, London: Penguin
Further reading:
Cooper, J.M. (Ed) (1997) Plato Complete Works, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing
Gerson, L. P. (1994) Epicurus Reader: selected writings and testimonies, Indianapolis, Cambridge: Hackett
Stainton, R. and Brennan, S. (2009) Philosophy and Death, Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview
Warren, J. (1994) Facing Death: Epicurus and his critics, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Internet)
Week 3: Life, Death and Religion:
Essential reading:
Augustine, (2005) City of God, London: Penguin
Coomarswarmy, A. (1974) Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism, New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
Further reading:
Conze, E. (1975) Buddhism: its essence and development, New York: Harper
Conze, E. (1980) A Short History of Buddhism, London: Allen and Unwin
Marius, R. (1999) Luther: The Christian between God and Death: Cambridge, Mass.; London: Belknap Press
Nietzsche, F. (1968) The Basic Writings of Nietzsche, New York: Random House
Nietzsche, F. (1999) Thus Spoke Zarathustra, London: Penguin
Perry, M. (1974) The Resurrection of Man: Christian Teachings on Life after Death, Oxford: Mowbrays
Week 4: Being
Essential reading:
Heidegger, M. (2004) Being and Time, London: Blackwell
Further reading:
Adorno, T. (2003) Jargon of Authenticity, London: Routledge
Dreyfus, H. (1991) Being-in-the-world, A commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Heidegger, M. (2002) Basic Writings, London: Routledge
Inwood, M. (1997) Heidegger, A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Kisiel, T. (1993) The Genesis of Heidegger’s Being and Time, London: Berkeley
Krell, D. (1992) Daimon Life, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana Press
Raffoul, F. (1998) Heidegger and the Subject, New York: Humanity Books
Safranski, R. (1998) Martin Heidegger Between Good and Evil, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
White, C. (2005) Time and Death, Aldershot: Ashgate
Wolin, R. (Ed) (1998) The Heidegger Controversy, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Wood, D. (Ed) (1993) Of Derrida, Heidegger and Spirit, Illinois: Northwestern University Press
Week 5: Toward-death
Essential reading:
Heidegger, M. (2004) Being and Time, London: Blackwell
Further reading:
Adorno, T. (2003) Jargon of Authenticity, London: Routledge
Dreyfus, H. (1991) Being-in-the-world, A commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Heidegger, M. (2002) Basic Writings, London: Routledge
Inwood, M. (1997) Heidegger, A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Kisiel, T. (1993) The Genesis of Heidegger’s Being and Time, London: Berkeley
Krell, D. (1992) Daimon Life, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana Press
Raffoul, F. (1998) Heidegger and the Subject, New York: Humanity Books
Safranski, R. (1998) Martin Heidegger Between Good and Evil, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
White, C. (2005) Time and Death, Aldershot: Ashgate
Wolin, R. (Ed) (1998) The Heidegger Controversy, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Wood, D. (Ed) (1993) Of Derrida, Heidegger and Spirit, Illinois: Northwestern University Press
Week 6: The struggle of life and death
Essential reading:
Hegel, G. (1977) The Phenomenology of Spirit, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Further reading:
Harris, H. (1995) Hegel: Phenomenology and System, Indianapolis: Hackett
Hegel, G. (1977) The Phenomenology of Spirit, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Hypolite, J. (1974) Genesis and Structure of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, Illinois: Northwestern University Press
Kojeve, A. (1969) Introduction to the Reading of Hegel, USA: Basic Books
Tubbs, N. (2008) Education in Hegel, London: Continuum
Yovil, Y. (2005) Hegel’s Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Week 7: Living Deaths
Essential reading:
Agamben, G. (2005) Remnants of Auschwitz, New York: Zone
Weil, S. (1997) Grace and Gravity, London: Routledge
Weil, S. (2001) Waiting for God, New York: Harper Collins
Further reading:
Agamben, G. (1998) Homo Sacer, California: Stanford University Press
Blanchot, M. (1992) The Step not Beyond, New York: State of University of New York Press
Blanchot, M. (1998) The Instant of My Death, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Calarco, M. and Decaroli, S. (Eds) (2007) On Agamben: Sovereignty and Life, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Norris, A. (2005) Politics, Metaphysics, and Death: Essays on Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer, Durham: Duke University Press
Week 8: Despair
Essential reading:
Kierkegaard, S. (1974) Fear and Trembling and The Sickness unto Death, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1987) Philosophical Fragments, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1993) Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Further reading:
Croxhall, T. (1956) Kierkegaard Commentary, New York: Harper and Brothers
Gardiner, P. (2002) Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Kierkegaard, .S. (1980) The Concept of Anxiety, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1980) The Sickness unto Death, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1987) Philosophical Fragments, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1993) Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Week 9: Faith and Love
Essential reading:
Kierkegaard, S. (1974) Fear and Trembling and The Sickness unto Death, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1995) Works of Love, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Further reading:
Croxhall, T. (1956) Kierkegaard Commentary, New York: Harper and Brothers
Gardiner, P. (2002) Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Hall, A. L. (2002) Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Hall, R. (2000) The Human Embrace, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1987) Philosophical Fragments, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Week 10: Birth, Death and Marriage
Essential reading:
Rosenzweig, F. (1985) The Star of Redemption, New York: Syracuse
Rosenzweig, F. (1998) Understanding the Sick and the Healthy, London: Harvard University Press
Rosenzweig, F. (1999) God, Man and the World, New York: Syracuse
Further reading:
Hall, R. (2000) The Human Embrace, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1993) Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1995) Works of Love, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Week 11: Life, Death and Mourning
Essential reading:
Rose, G. (1997) Mourning Becomes the Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Rose, G. (1999) Paradiso, London: Menard Press
Freud, S. (1984) Sigmund Freud on Metaphysics, London: Penguin
Further reading:
De Leeuw, R. (Ed) (1996) The Letters of Van Gogh, London: Penguin
Rose, G. (1995) Loves Work, London: Chatto and Windus
Weil, S. (1997) Grace and Gravity, London: Routledge
Week 12: Conclusions