00929 - Modern History

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the fundamental characteristics of the political-institutional and socio-economic history of the XVI, XVII, and XVIII centuries and has applied it in a critical manner to the methodology and the fundamental evolution of modern history.It is able to recognize the evolution of certain phenomena and events, from which long-term structures they derive, how and why they disappear and in what form they recur during the modern age.

Course contents

The course examines the profound evolution of the religious factor within the two great Eastern empires—the Russian and the Ottoman—driven by the dual forces of engagement and conflict with the West and the influence of the Enlightenment. In various ways, figures from France, England, and Germany—alongside key local intellectuals—would shape a new concept of political theology; this represented a decisive break with the past, yet also a return to a "reinvented" past and a pathway toward the modernization of power.

Readings/Bibliography

Attending students must study two volumes of their choice from the ones indicated below

B. Uspenskij, Storia e semiotica, Bompiani, 1988; B. Uspenskij, Tipologia delle culture, Bompiani, 1987; Ju. Lotman, Da Rousseau a Tolstoj, Il Mulino, 1998; F. Martelli, Imperi d'Oriente tra Illuminismo e riforme (1760-1840). Faint-Priest, D'Ohsson, Uvarov e le nuove teologie politiche, libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni, in corso di stampa;  Shrines of the Holy land contested by the Russian and the Turk, Longman, 1854; S. Uvarov, Nonnos von Panopolis Der Dichter, Pluchart, 1817; F. Martelli La russsia degli zar, libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni 2018; Id., Derzhava, Aracne editore 2020; Id., Il periodo dei Torbidi e l'auto identità russa, Roma Edizioni Nuova Cultura ( in corso di stampa )

Non-attending students must study 3 volumes chosen from those listed

Teaching methods

teacher's lessons

Assessment methods

 

Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.

the students can choice the oral or writ proof

Teaching tools

Students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) or temporary or permanent disabilities are advised to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it/per-studenti) well in advance. That office will propose any necessary accommodations to the students concerned; these proposals must be submitted to the instructor for approval at least 15 days prior to the exam date, so that the instructor can assess their suitability in light of the course's learning objectives.

Office hours

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