授課主旨
延續啟蒙主義的精神，西方思想往往對立「感性」和「理性」這兩種感知能力，並視後者就人性和社會之良善發展而言，其價值遠勝於前者。感性若未受理性思維的完善監管，恐將製造個人、甚或社會性的混亂。上述彷彿不理自明的預設，也深刻影響了「社會科學」的問題意識、研究方法、和理論建構，其隱含的終極目的之一，為更精煉吾人的理性思維，並據此分析社會問題以及社會運作的法則、並提出具體有效的政策建議。然而，Michel Foucault的系列研究，早已昭示所謂的理性知識與依此建構的國家治理方案，不時產生無所預期的「非理性」效應——更甚者，驅動所謂的理性探知之源，很可能就是情感性和感官性的。我們可以如何更實在地理解感性和理性的關係？此外，對於二者孰優孰劣的鑑別，本身是否即是偽命題？
回應上述提問，晚近人文社科學界興起「感官轉向」（或「情動轉向」（Affect Turn），本課旨在回應前述提問，並希冀培養修課同學的感官體會與分析能力。本課設有以下五大主題：「糖癮的資本主義歷史」、「飲食品味與文化社會」、「意識、潛意識、主體性」、「視覺經驗」、「人類世與多物種」，我們將藉由味覺、視覺、痛覺、觸覺和聽覺等角度切入，以探討這些課題。
評分方式：期中考（20%）+期末考（80%），以申論題為主；曠課超過兩次者，以不及格論。
Teaching the subject
In the spirit of continuous enlightenment, Western thought often opposes two perception abilities of "sensibility" and "rationality", and sees the latter's value as far as the good development of human nature and society is concerned. If sentiment is not subject to the perfect supervision of rational thinking, it may create personal or even social confusion. The above-mentioned self-evident preview also deeply affects the problem consciousness, research methods, and theoretical construction of "social science". One of the ultimate goals it implies is to more refined our rational thinking, and to analyze social problems and the laws of social operation, and to put forward specific and effective policy suggestions. However, Michel Foucault's series of studies have long shown that so-called rational knowledge and the national governance plan constructed accordingly have produced unexpected "irrational" effects - what's more, the source of so-called rational exploration is likely to be emotional and sensory. How can we understand the relationship between sentimentality and rationality more effectively? In addition, is the difference between which one is better and which one is inferior?
In response to the above questions, the humanities and social sciences community has recently become more and more excited about the "sensory turn" (or "emotion turn" (Affect Turn), this course aims to respond to the above questions and hope to cultivate the sensory and analytical abilities of students in the course. This course has the following five topics: "The History of Sugar's Capitalism", "Food Food Flavor and Culture Society", "Identity, Pointing, Subjectivity", "Visual Experience", "Human World and Multiple Species". We will explore these topics through the perspectives of taste, vision, pain, touch and hearing.
Scoring method: midterm exam (20%) + final exam (80%), mainly apply for the application topic; those who have passed two classes will fail.
參考各週進度書目
Refer to weekly progress book
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 期中考期中考 Midterm exam |
20 | 以申論題為主 |
| 期末考期末考 Final exam |
80 | 以申論題為主 |
