Professor José Francisco Zúñiga García, from the Department of Philosophy I at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2023 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2023 call, please consult:(http://sl.ugr.es/0d7F).

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR) was founded in 1531 and is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With over 51,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and almost 3,000 members of staff, the UGR offers over 90 undergraduate degrees, 160 master’s degrees (8 of which are international double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers. Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the institution’s commitment to continuously improving its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The 2022 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 201-300th position in the world and as the 2-5 highest ranked universities in Spain (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7D), reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. The UGR stands out in the specialties of Library & Information Science (position 38); Food Science & Technology (30) and Hospitality & Tourism Management (51-75), according to the latest edition of this prestigious ranking by specialties (http://sl.ugr.es/0bSp). A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in Mathematics (76-100).

Additionally, the UGR has 9 researchers who are at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7E), most of these related to the area of Computer Science. It is also well recognized for its web presence (http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i), being positioned at 42th place in the top 200 Universities in Europe.

Internationally, the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the last Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a total 120 projects with a total funding of around 29,4 million euros.  For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained 38 projects, so far, with total funding around 11 € million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group:

The research group "Studies on philosophy, rhetoric and aesthetics" of the Andalusian Research Plan (HUM 192) is directed by José Francisco Zúñiga García and also includes the following members: Álvaro Vallejo Campos, Jordi Carmona Hurtado, Leopoldo La Rubia de Prado, María Antonia Hidalgo Rubio, María del Carmen Rodríguez Martín, Marina Hervás Muñoz and Santiago Rebelles del Valle and María de los Llanos Frías Peregrina.

UNESCO Areas: Current Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Aesthetics and Art Theory, Philosophy.

Research lines: Nihilism, Crisis of Modernity, Truth and Experience of Art, Argumentation Theories, Philosophy of the Subject and Crisis of Modernity, Greek Thought, Aristotle's Lost Dialogues, Freedom and Determinism in Art, Aesthetics and Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Art.

Keywords: Postmodernity/Modernity, Nihilism, Modernity, Rhetoric, Personal Identity, Narrative, Hermeneutics, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Actuality, Greek Philosophy

URL: https://hum192.ugr.es/datos_inicio/

Project description:

Autonomy, Heteronomy and Sovereignty of Art. A Critical Analysis

The autonomy of art achieved in Modernity needed a critical counterpoint that would re-link art with society. The new heteronomy of art has been in force at least since the historical avant-gardes, but it has, like that autonomy, negative consequences for the development of human freedom. The present project tries to keep in mind (ontological thesis) that art is constituted by a double impulse: on the one hand, a centripetal impulse, which is at the base of all social and human praxis (it is, even, the foundation of the knowledge and normative practical reason); on the other hand, a centrifugal impulse, which reveals in art the presence of a force situated on the margins of reason and society, surpassing them (it is, in this sense, sovereign of its own practice, of its meaning and scope). We also intend to show (practical hypothesis) that the adequate tension between the two is the condition of possibility of freedom, without which societies (institutions, systems of norms, structures of knowledge, human relationships) stagnate. The general objectives of the project are to study this double impulse of art, to determine how it interacts with each other and to contribute both to the reflection on the value and function of art in the contemporary world, and to the revision and updating of the rich tradition of arts aesthetic thinking. Specifically, we will analyze, considering the general objectives mentioned, both current and past philosophical-aesthetic proposals, and we will investigate to what extent all of them serve to keep the flame of the best of the Enlightenment alive today, bearing in mind that, as Christoph Menke s, “the last word in aesthetics is human freedom”.

Research Area:

☒ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) 

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor José Francisco Zúñiga García, email: jfzuniga@ugr.es

• CV
• Letter of recommendation (optional)