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Aesthetics and Cultural Studies have become fundamental tools for understanding the social, artistic, and communicative dynamics of the contemporary world.  In fact, the acceleration of technological changes and globalization have transformed the ways in which cultural production takes place, demonstrating its impact on society and the economy. In this context, the demand for professionals in the humanities has increased, requiring a deep understanding of contemporary cultural and aesthetic trends. 

In response to this scenario, TECH has developed this cutting-edge Master's Degree in Aesthetics and Cultural Studies. Designed by leading experts in the field, the program will delve into the main theoretical approaches to aesthetics, from the philosophical tradition to the most innovative perspectives in semiotics, visual studies, and digital narratives. Additionally, the program will focus on the influence of culture in shaping subjectivities, identities, and social movements, allowing professionals to enhance their analytical and interpretative capacity in various contexts. 

Through an innovative 100% online methodology, this academic experience will provide access to updated content, developed by experts in the field, with the flexibility necessary to balance it with other responsibilities. Moreover, the program will be supported by the Relearning method, a TECH-exclusive approach that optimizes the assimilation of knowledge through the strategic reiteration of key concepts, facilitating efficient training applicable to professional practice. Students will also have access to 10 exclusive and complementary Masterclasses taught by an International Guest Instructor. 

Thanks to membership in the Global Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), students will gain access to a wide international network of interdisciplinary humanities centers. They will be able to participate in collaborative projects, receive grants, attend annual meetings and workshops, and access scholarships, jobs, and international events. Additionally, they will receive support for travel and professional development, as well as representation in global organizations, strengthening their continuous training in the humanities.

You will master the fundamentals of contemporary culture by accessing 10 exclusive and complementary Masterclasses, designed by a renowned International Guest Director” 

This Master's Degree in Aesthetics and Cultural Studies contains the most complete and up-to-date university program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Development of practical cases presented by experts in Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Aesthetics and Cultural Studies.
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection

TECH will provide you with the most advanced teaching methodology in today’s academic landscape. What are you waiting for to enroll and take your career to the next level?” 

The program features a faculty of professionals from the field of Aesthetics and Cultural Studies, who bring their practical experience to the program, alongside recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will offer professionals a situated and contextualized learning experience—meaning a simulated environment that provides immersive study designed to train you in real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

The numerous practical resources of this university program will help you solidify your theoretical knowledge"

A 100% online Master's Degree that allows you to study at any time and from anywhere in the world"

This high-level university program will offer a comprehensive journey through Aesthetics and Cultural Studies, exploring its philosophical, historical, and anthropological foundations. Through specialized modules, professionals will analyze the major currents in the philosophy of art, art history, and the philosophy of culture, developing critical thinking on symbolic production and its impact on society. Key topics such as the philosophy of media, the philosophy of law, and the philosophy of religion will also be addressed. In this way, professionals will acquire essential tools to interpret modern cultural dynamics and their influence in educational and creative fields. 

You will integrate philosophical reflection with cultural criticism to interpret symbolic phenomena, exploring the role of culture in the construction of subjectivities in the digital age” 

Module 1. Aesthetics

1.1. Aesthetics as a Philosophical Discipline

1.1.1. Background, Emergence and Development of Aesthetics. Diverse Concepts of Beauty
1.1.2. The Concept of Art: The Problem of its Definition

1.2. Fundamental Aesthetic Concepts: Art, Beauty and Creativity

1.2.1. Art and Beauty in Antiquity
1.2.2. Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
1.2.3. Theories on Creativity: Plato, Poe, Jung, Valéry, Pareyson

1.3. The Autonomy of Kantian Aesthetics

1.3.1. Position of the Critique of Judgment in Transcendental Philosophy.
1.3.2. Analytics of the Beautiful: The Four Elements of the Judgment of Taste
1.3.3. The Analytics of the Sublime: Comparative Analysis of the Beautiful and the Sublime
1.3.4. Art as the Creation of Genius. Aesthetic Ideas

1.4. The Philosophy of Art in Hegel's Idealist System

1.4.1. Art in Hegel's system of philosophy
1.4.2. Artistic Forms: Symbolic, Classical and Romantic Art
1.4.3. The "Past" Character of Art and the Interpretation of this Concept in the Aesthetics of the 20th Century

1.5. The Superiority of Art in the Philosophy of F. Nietzsche

1.5.1. The Experience of the Tragic The Metaphysical-Aesthetic Principles of the Apollonian and the Dionysian
1.5.2. The Will to Power as Art

1.6. Art in the Second Half of the 20th Century

1.6.1. The Transformation of Art at the Beginning of the 20th Century: The Aesthetic Reflections of Kandinsky and Schonberg
1.6.2. Heidegger: The Work of Art as a Truth Teller The Work of Art as the Establishment of a World and the Production of the Earth.
1.6.3. W. Benjamin: The Loss of the Aura of the Work of Art Exhibition Value and Cultural Value Aesthetic-political Reflection on the Reproducible Work of Art
1.6.4. T.W. Adorno: The Loss of Artistic Character of Art The Dialectical Conception of Autonomous Art

1.7. Aesthetics in the Transition from the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century

1.7.1. The Post-Modern Perspective
1.7.2. Vattimo: Death or Twilight of Art
1.7.3. Jameson: Lack of Depth
1.7.4. Danto: The Transfiguration of the Commonplace in Post-historical Art
1.7.5. Gadamer: The Justification of Art

Module 2. Philosophy of Art

2.1. Introduction

2.1.1. Definition of Art
2.1.2. How Art is Studied Through Philosophy

2.2. Historical Conceptions of Art

2.2.1. Art as a Religious Object
2.2.2. Art as Representation of Reality
2.2.3. Art as an Object in Itself

2.3. Classical Problems of Art

2.3.1. The Ontological Status of the Work of Art
2.3.2. The Link Between the Artist and His Work
2.3.3. The Art World
2.3.4. Possible Interpretations of a Work of Art

2.4. Contemporary Problems of Art

2.4.1. The Relationship Between Art and Social and Political Issues
2.4.2. The Loss of Beauty as an Essential Value of Art
2.4.3. Art as a Market
2.4.4. Art as an Everyday Object

Module 3. Art History

3.1. Classical Art

3.1.1. Greece
3.1.2. Rome

3.2. Medieval Art

3.2.1. Paleochristian
3.2.2. Pre-Romanesque
3.2.3. Romanesque
3.2.4. Gothic

3.3. Modern Art

3.3.1. Renaissance
3.3.2. Classicism
3.3.3. Mannerism
3.3.4. Baroque Period
3.3.5. Neoclassicism

3.4. Contemporary Art

3.4.1. 19th Century

3.4.1.1. Romanticism
3.4.1.2. Realism
3.4.1.3. Impressionism
3.4.1.4. Fauvism

3.4.2. 20th Century: Vanguardism

3.4.2.1. Expressionism
3.4.2.2. Abstract Art
3.4.2.3. Cubism
3.4.2.4. Dadaism
3.4.2.5. Surrealism

3.5. Current Status

3.5.1. Pop Art
3.5.2. Object Art
3.5.3. Body Art
3.5.4. Performance
3.5.5. Facilities
3.5.6. Appropriationism

Module 4. History of Christian Art

4.1. Christian Iconography

4.1.1. How to Read a Christian Image
4.1.2. Attributes of Representative Saints
4.1.3. Most Depicted Scenes in the History of Christian Art and How to Recognize Them

4.2. Paleochristian Art

4.2.1. Early Forms of Christian Art
4.2.2. Romanesque Art

4.2.2.1. Painting
4.2.2.2. Sculpture
4.2.2.3. Architecture

4.3. Gothic Art

4.3.1. Main Features of Gothic Art
4.3.2. Gothic Painting
4.3.3. Gothic Sculpture
4.3.4. Gothic Cathedrals

4.4. The Renaissance

4.4.1. Humanism
4.4.2. Painting in the Renaissance
4.4.3. Renaissance Architecture

4.5. Baroque

4.5.1. Baroque Painting and Sculpture
4.5.2. Baroque Architecture
4.5.3. Novohispanic Art

4.6. Romanticism

4.6.1. Romantic Painting
4.6.2. Romanticism in Architecture
4.6.3. Romanticism in Literature

4.7. 19th and 20th Centuries and the Present

4.7.1. Painting
4.7.2. Current Architecture
4.7.3. New Media and Representations of Christian Art

Module 5. Philosophical Anthropology I

5.1. Introduction

5.1.1. Human Beings as a Mystery
5.1.2. The Nature and Method of Philosophical Anthropology
5.1.3. Historical Overview of the Conception of Humans

5.2. Human Life

5.2.1. Historical Conceptions of Human Life
5.2.2. The Vital Principle and the Degrees of Life
5.2.3. The Origin of Human Life
5.2.4. Hominization Process: Evolutionary Theories and Assessment
5.2.5. The Principle of Human Life

5.3. The Phenomenology of Human Behavior

5.3.1. Attempts to Explain Human Behavior
5.3.2. Phenomena Specific to Humans
5.3.3. Animal Instinct and Human Instinct

5.4. Human Knowledge

5.4.1. Human Knowledge in General
5.4.2. External Sensations
5.4.3. Internal Perception
5.4.4. Intellectual Knowledge
5.4.5. Self-Conscience
5.4.6. Spirituality of Intellectual Knowledge

5.5. Human Desire

5.5.1. Human Desire in General
5.5.2. Sentient Tendencies
5.5.3. Human Will
5.5.4. Process of Volition
5.5.5. Freedom and Love
5.5.6. Spirituality of the Human Will

5.6. Human Affectivity

5.6.1. Human Affectivity in General
5.6.2. Emotions
5.6.3. Feelings
5.6.4. Pleasure and Pain

Module 6. Philosophical Anthropology II

6.1. Human Unity and Dualism

6.1.1. History of the Problem
6.1.2. Existence, Spirituality and Substantiality of the Soul
6.1.3. The Soul as a Form of Human Matter: Origin of the Personal Soul
6.1.4. Value and Dignity of the Human Body: Sexed Character
6.1.5. Man, Incarnated Spirit

6.2. Humans as Personal Beings

6.2.1. History of the Personal Conception of the Human Being
6.2.2. Nature of the Personal Being
6.2.3. Ontological and Psychological Constitution of the Person
6.2.4. Absolute Value of the Person

6.3. Dimensions of the Personal Being

6.3.1. Bodily Dimensions of the Personal Being
6.3.2. Historicity and Projectivity of the Personal Being
6.3.3. Intersubjectivity and Sociability of the Personal Being
6.3.4. Morality of the Personal Being
6.3.5. Symbolic and Culture-Generating Dimension of the Personal Being
6.3.6. Spirituality of the Personal Being

6.4. Death and Human Transcendence

6.4.1. Human Death
6.4.2. The Final Destination of the Human Being
6.4.3. Openness to Transcendence and Immortality

Module 7. Philosophy of Law

7.1. Introduction

7.1.1. The Nature of Legal Activity
7.1.2. Common Legal Knowledge
7.1.3. Technical Legal Knowledge
7.1.4. Division of Law
7.1.5. Legal Methodology
7.1.6. Relation of Law with Other Forms of Knowledge

7.2. Main Points in Legal Knowledge

7.2.1. Fairness in the Area of Commutative Law
7.2.2. Fairness in the Distributive Sphere
7.2.3. Forality

7.3. The History of Law

7.3.1. The Lus in Archaic Rome
7.3.2. The Lus Civile and Lex Antiqua Binomial
7.3.3. The Lus in the Christianized Greek East
7.3.4. The Lus in the Christianized Latin West
7.3.5. The Protestant Rupture
7.3.6. The New Revolutionary Order

7.4. Law and Theology

7.4.1. Ancient Ius as Pagan Theologia Civilis
7.4.2. The Jurist and the Staretz
7.4.3. Restitution and Penance
7.4.4. Justice and Mercy

Module 8. Philosophy and the Media

8.1. Theory of Knowledge and Communicative Processes

8.1.1. Link between Thought and Language
8.1.2. Theory of Knowledge for Communicative Processes
8.1.3. The Relation of Human Beings with the World
8.1.4. Culture

8.2. History and Reflection on the Media

8.2.1. Difference between Information and Communication
8.2.2. From Gutenberg to the Internet
8.2.3. Positions regarding New Technologies
8.2.4. Information Security and Transparency

8.3. Effects and Consequences of Media Use

8.3.1. Typology of Media Effects
8.3.2. Media Content Analysis
8.3.3. Theories of Media Effects

8.4. Positions in Communication Theories

8.4.1. Communication Currents and Traditions in North America
8.4.2. Communication Currents and Traditions in Europe
8.4.3. Communication Currents and Traditions in Latin America

Module 9. Philosophy of Religion

9.1. Sources of Religious Fact

9.1.1. Religious Fact
9.1.2. Typologies of Historical Religions
9.1.3. Religions Through History
9.1.4. Oppression and Rejection of Religion

9.2. Reality and Transcendence of the Sacred

9.2.1. Phenomenological Analysis of Religious Experience
9.2.2. The Names of the Sacred
9.2.3. The Dimension of Reality in the Sacred
9.2.4. The Dimension of Transcendence in the Sacred
9.2.5. The Dimension of Mystery in the Divine

9.3. Personal Character and the Salvation of Divinity

9.3.1. The Personal Dimension of the Divine
9.3.2. The Dimension of the Sacred, Holiness, Sanctity and Salvation of the Sacred

9.4. The Interiority of Religious Experience

9.4.1. The Subjective Aspect of the Faith Experience
9.4.2. Religious Experience: Fear and Love
9.4.3. The Psychic Structure of Religious Experience
9.4.4. The Corporeal and Communal Dimensions of Religion

9.5. External Manifestation of Religious Experience

9.5.1. The Externalization of Acts of Faith
9.5.2. The Noetic and Cultural Levels of Religious Experience
9.5.3. The Fundamental Acts of Religious Experience
9.5.4. The Corporeal and Communal Dimensions of Religion

9.6. The Essence of Religion

9.6.1. A Retrospective View
9.6.2. What Religion Is Not
9.6.3. What Religion Is
9.6.4. Conclusions
Module 10.  Social and Political Philosophy

10.1. Examples of Philosophical Reflections on Society and Politics

10.1.1. Ancient and Medieval Philosophers
10.1.2. Modern and Contemporary Philosophers

10.2. Principles of Social and Political Order

10.2.1. Human Person and Law: Person and Freedom. Marriage. Family
10.2.2. Economics and Development: Intermediate Bodies. Social Participation. Work

10.3. The State and Social Constitution

10.3.1. Nature and Constitution of the State. Definition. Law. Authority. Power. Territory. Nation and Homeland. Autonomy. Sovereignty
10.3.2. Bodies, Limits and Functions of the State. Division of Power. Legitimacy and Legality. International Community
10.3.3. Forms of Government: Democracy and Other Forms of Political Organization. Autonomy. Sovereignty

10.4. Justice and Peace

10.4.1. Poverty, Development and Relationships of Justice
10.4.2. Promoting Peace and International Community: Global Entities
10.4.3. War and Conditions for Peace: Legitimate Defence and Community

Module 11.  Philosophy of Culture

11.1. Concept of Culture

11.1.1. Culture in the Classical Humanist Sense
11.1.2. Culture in the Modern Anthropological Sense
11.1.3. Fundamental Constitutive Elements of Culture
11.1.4. Toward a Strictly Philosophical Conception of Culture
11.1.5. Culture between Tradition and Novelty
11.1.6. Human Universality and Cultural Originality

11.2. The Person as a Cultural Being

11.2.1. The Historical Formation of the Concept of the Person
11.2.2. Formation of the Person and Cultural Integration
11.2.3. Culture at the Service of the Person

11.3. Constitutive Aspects of Human Culture

11.3.1. Language: Primary Human Function and Founding Element of Culture
11.3.2. Social Organization, Political Institution and Educational Institution
11.3.3. Relation to the Environment, Work, Technology and Science
11.3.4. Axiology and Culture
11.3.5. History and Culture
11.3.6. Religion and Culture

Module 12. Philosophical Synthesis

12.1. Metaphysics

12.1.1. The Nature of Metaphysics
12.1.2. The Dynamism of Being
12.1.3. Casual Dynamism
12.1.4. The Statics of Being
12.1.5. The Transcendental Properties of Being
12.1.6. The Classification of Being
12.1.7. The Participation and Analogy of Being

12.2. Philosophy of Nature

12.2.1. The Nature of the Treaty
12.2.2. The Intelligibility of Nature
12.2.3. The Structure of Nature
12.2.4. The Origin and Meaning of Nature

12.3. Philosophical Anthropology

12.3.1. The Nature of Philosophical Anthropology
12.3.2. Human Life
12.3.3. The Phenomenology of Human Behavior
12.3.4. Human Knowledge
12.3.5. Human Desire
12.3.6. Human Affectivity
12.3.7. Human Unity and Dualism
12.3.8. Humans as Personal Beings
12.3.9. Dimensions of the Personal Being
12.3.10. Death and Human Transcendence

12.4. Philosophy of Knowledge

12.4.1. The Nature of Philosophy of Knowledge
12.4.2. Fundamental Perspectives in Epistemology
12.4.3. Knowledge in General
12.4.4. Perceptual Knowledge
12.4.5. Intellectual Knowledge
12.4.6. Functions, Acts and Areas of Intellectual Knowledge
12.4.7. The Truth of Knowledge and Its Discernment

12.5. Ethics

12.5.1. The Nature of Ethics
12.5.2. Human Goodness
12.5.3. The Moral Subject
12.5.4. Moral Law
12.5.5. Moral Conscience
12.5.6. Friendship Communities
12.5.7. Matters in Bioethics
12.5.8. Human Work
12.5.9. Political Society

12.6. Philosophical Theology

12.6.1. The Nature of Philosophical Theology
12.6.2. God as a Problem
12.6.3. The Existence of God
12.6.4. The Essence of God
12.6.5. God and the World
12.6.6. God and Humans

12.7. Synthetic Vision

12.7.1. Thematic and Argumentative Linking of Treaties
12.7.2. Toward a Global Vision and Harmonic Reality

You will examine art from its history, its religious dimension, and its impact on social narratives, mastering aesthetic theories to analyze art as an expression of thought”