- Docente: Alberto Burgio
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 8773)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student acquires knowledge relating to specific moments and problems of the philosophical-political reflection of the contemporary age, seen both as an original elaboration and as a resumption of the problems and models developed by the thinkers of the modern age with respect to the fundamental themes of philosophy politics, such as the relationship between natural and positive law, civil society and the state, the individual and society, and to the investigation of the very nature of the political order, acquiring at the same time adequate tools for the analysis of texts and appropriate historiographic methodologies.
Course contents
Antonio Labriola and his critics. The birth of theoretical Marxism in Italy
The course will focus on the very first Italian reception of the materialistic conception of history and Marx’s critique of political economy. The reading and analysis of the texts will bring out similarities and differences in the interpretation of the Marx-Engelsian paradigm proposed by Antonio Labriola, Benedetto Croce and Giovanni Gentile in the last years of the nineteenth century.
Class schedule
Monday and Wednesday, 5-7 pm, classroom VI, via Zamboni, 38 (and, on line, via Teams)
Tuesday, 5-7 pm, classroom II, via Zamboni, 38 (and, on line, via Teams)
Starting date of the lectures
September 20, 2021
Readings/Bibliography
1. Basic texts (compulsory)
Antonio Labriola, Saggi sulla concezione materialistica della storia
Benedetto Croce, Materialismo storico ed economia marxistica
Giovanni Gentile, La filosofia di Marx
2. Literature (one text of your choice)
Emilio Agazzi, Il giovane Croce e il marxismo, Einaudi, Torino 1962
Nicola Badaloni – Carlo Muscetta, Labriola, Croce, Gentile, Laterza, Bari 1977
Eugenio Garin, Tra due secoli. Socialismo e filosofia in Italia dopo l’Unità, Laterza, Bari 1983
Gian Mario Bravo, Marx ed Engels in Italia. La fortuna, gli scritti, le relazioni, le polemiche, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1992
Mauro Visentin, Il rapporto Labriola-Croce e la genesi del marxismo italiano, Quodlibet, Macerata 2005
Claudio Tuozzolo, «Marx possibile». Benedetto Croce teorico marxista 1896-1897, Angeli, Milano 2008
Alberto Burgio, Gramsci. Il sistema in movimento, DeriveApprodi, Roma 2014
Alberto Burgio, Il sogno di una cosa. Per Marx, DeriveApprodi, Roma 2018
The program is the same for attending and non-attending students. Thus, for everyone, the exam interview will also focus on the subject covered in class.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with discussion in class of the crucial issues.
Assessment methods
The final oral exam focuses on the program’s material.
It usually takes place at the Professor’s office (via Zamboni, 38 - 5.08); due to the health emergency, exams may take place remotely on the Teams platform.
The evaluation considers the degree of learning of the fundamental notions, the level of the argumentative competence, expressive property and the critical skills of candidates.
On the basis of these parameters an overall evaluation in thirtieths is expressed, according to the following judgment criteria:
18-21 Sufficient
22-25 Average
26-28 Good-Very Good
29-30 Excellent.Office hours
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