73091 - Philosophy of Law (2) (LM)

Learning outcomes

Philosophy of law from a normative point of view. The concept of law, human rights, democracy are keywords of the course.

Course contents

The Roots of Violence. Nazi Germany and Enigma of Consent

The Second Part of the Course deals with the “enigma” of consent during Nazi Germany. From a conceptual and historical point of view the Course analyses the question of consent with particular regard to the idea of legality, sense of community and authority, moral indifference, authoritarian education. This complex and mixed constellation of propulsive factors will be examined from both a philosophical and a social psychological perspective.

Class Schedule

I Semester - II Period

Mo, Tu, We 11-13

Classroom A (C.trecento)

Start Date: November 2020.

Readings/Bibliography

Gustav Radbruch, Diritto e non diritto, ed. by Marina Lalatta Costerbosa, Milan-Udine, Mimesis, 2020 (forthcoming/ available in pdf two Essays by Radbruch: "Cinque minuti di filosofia del diritto" and "Torto legale e giustizia sovralegale").

Sigmund Freud, Psicologia delle masse e analisi dell’io, Turin, Einaudi, 2013.

Erika Mann, La scuola dei barbari. L'educazione della gioventù nel Terzo Reich, Florence, Giunti, 1997.

Thomas Mann, Moniti all’Europa, Milan, Mondadori,2017.

 

Optional Readings:

Alberto Burgio, Critica della ragione razzista, Rome, DeriveApprodi, 2020.

Alberto Burgio, Marina Lalatta Costerbosa, Orgoglio e genocidio. L’etica dello sterminio nella Germania nazista, Rome, DeriveApprodi, 2016.

Peter Fritzsche, Vita e morte nel Terzo Reich, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 2010.

Gordon J. Horwitz, All'ombra della morte. La vita quotidiana attorno al campo di Mauthausen, Venice, Marsilio, 2004, (or English version).

Julia Kristeva, Hannah Arendt. La vita, le parole, Rome, Donzelli, 2005.

La costruzione del futuro. Il Bauhaus a cento anni dalla fondazione, ed. by Marina Lalatta Costerbosa, «quaderni di dianoia», 1, 2019.

Marina Lalatta Costerbosa, Il bambino come nemico. L’eccezione humboldtiana, Rome, DeriveApprodi, 2019.

Robert J. Lifton, I medici nazisti. Storia degli scienziati che divennero i torturatori di Hitler, Milan, BUR, 2016, (or English version).

Alexander Mitscherlich, Margarete Mitscherlich, Germania senza lutto. Psicoanalisi del postnazismo, Florence, Sansoni, 1970.

The Syllabus is valid for both attending and non-attending students.

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussion.

Interdisciplinary seminars will be hold by experts working in the field.

Assessment methods

Final oral examination. Room 5.01 (str. Zamboni 38) or on TEAMS. On September there will be an examination schedule.

Evaluating criteria:

1. Expertise; practical reasoning ability; critical competence.

Notes:

18-21/30 basic level

22-25/30 moderate level

26-28/30 good level

29-30/30 excellent level.

Teaching tools

http://www.sifd.eu

Links to further information

http://Si consiglia di consultare regolarmente la pagina web "Contenuti utili" del Portale personale della docente.

Office hours

See the website of Marina Lalatta Costerbosa