Giulia Sissa: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2021 |
| Name | Prof. Giulia Sissa |
| Address | Charlotte Meisener Clausiusstrasse 59 Literatur- u. Kulturwiss., Kilche 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Visiting Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0336-00L | Eros: Athens, Rome, Vienna, Paris | 3 credits | 2V | G. Sissa | |
| Abstract | Once upon a time there was natural law, the foundation of sexual relations between two people of different genders, in order to procreate. Today, new rights and new forms of life are profoundly transforming both naturalness and purpose. | ||||
| Learning objective | This course presents some crucial moments of this distant past, in which knowledge, practices and representations have shaped disparate experiences of desire, pleasure and the body. Challenges for a fluid present, ideas for the near future. | ||||
| Content | Once upon a time there was natural law, the foundation of sexual relations between two people of different genders, in order to procreate. Today, new rights and new forms of life are profoundly transforming both naturalness and purpose. Everything seems to change suddenly. However, the long-term history shows us a great variety of erotic cultures, from ancient Greece to the Roman world and then to Christian and multicultural Europe. This course presents some crucial moments of this distant past, in which knowledge, practices and representations have shaped disparate experiences of desire, pleasure and the body. Challenges for a fluid present, ideas for the near future. | ||||