28013 - History of Philosophy (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide general and at the same time in-depth knowledge of the history of modern and contemporary philosophical thought. The lessons will focus on specific themes, contextualising their analysis in the context of long-term traditions. The aim of the course is to put the student in a position to face the reading of classical texts independently and to orient himself among the main interpretative and historiographical lines.

Course contents

«The Truth of Ethical Universe». On the Hegelian Philosophy of Rigth

The course includes the reading of essential places in the Outlines of the Philosophy of Right (1821) with the dual aim (1) of bringing out the theoretical structure of Hegel's discourse (conceptual instrumentation; dialectical logic; the fundamental criteria of judgment) up to the Berlin phase and (2) to offer a precise historical-critical contextualization of the Hegelian conception of law, of the institutional spheres and of the logics underlying social dynamics and its historical transformation.

 

Class schedule and locations

Monday, 3-5 pm, classroom I, via Zamboni, 38

Tuesday, 3-5 pm, classroom IV, via Zamboni, 38

Wednesday, 3-5 pm, classroom I, via Zamboni, 38

 

Starting date of the lectures

September 18, 2023

Readings/Bibliography

1. Basic text

G.W.F. Hegel, Lineamenti di filosofia del diritto. Diritto naturale e scienza dello Stato in compendio. Con le aggiunte di Eduard Gans, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1999

or:

G.W.F. Hegel, Lineamenti di filosofia del diritto. Diritto naturale e scienza dello Stato, Bompiani, Milano 2006

 

2. For the exam

2.1. Institutional part: history of modern and contemporary philosophy

For the purposes of the examination, the knowledge of the fundamental authors of the history of modern and contemporary philosophy: Bruno, Machiavelli, Bacone, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Montesquieu, Vico, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Croce, Wittgenstein, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Lukács, la Scuola di Francoforte, Foucault, Arendt.

Students can use the manual they prefer or already have, checking that all the authors included in the above list are adequately covered and, if necessary, integrating it with other manuals. For those who do not have them, we suggest the following manuals for use in secondary schools:

Giuseppe Cambiano, Luca Fonnesu, Massimo Mori, Storia della filosofia occidentale, voll. 3-6, il Mulino, Bologna;

Antonello La Vergata, Franco Trabattoni, Filosofia cultura cittadinanza, La Nuova Italia, Firenze

Those who have already taken the exam of History of Philosophy with Prof. Burgio or with Prof. Francesco Cerrato do not have to take the exam on this part of the program.

2.2. Monographic part

2.2.1. The basic text above indicated in this bibliography;

2.2.2. Texts commented in class (at the end of the course made available online in Teaching materials) 

2.2.3. Secondary literature (two of your choice):

F. Rosenzweig, Hegel e lo Stato (1920), il Mulino, Bologna 1976

G. Lukács, Il giovane Hegel e i problemi della società capitalistica (1948), Einaudi 1960

E. Weil, Hegel e lo Stato e altri scritti hegeliani (1950), Guerini, Milano 1988

S. Avineri, La teoria hegeliana dello Stato (1972), Laterza, Bari 1973

R. Bodei, La civetta e la talpa. Sistema ed epoca in Hegel (1975), il Mulino, Bologna 2004

N. Bobbio, Studi hegeliani. Diritto, società civile, stato, Einaudi, Torino 1981

G. Bonacina, Storia universale e filosofia del diritto. Commento a Hegel, Guerini, Milano 1989

D. Losurdo, Hegel e la libertà dei moderni, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1992

E. Cafagna, La libertà nel mondo. Etica e scienza dello Stato nei «Lineamenti di filosofia del diritto» di Hegel, il Mulino, Bologna 1998

P. Salvucci, Lezioni sulla hegeliana filosofia del diritto. La società civile, Guerini, Milano 2000

A. Burgio, Il sogno di una cosa. Per Marx, DeriveApprodi, Roma 2018

A. Burgio, Un marxismo «alquanto aristocratico». Studi su Antonio Labriola, DeriveApprodi, Bologna 2023

 

For non-attending students, the reading of the volume C. Cesa (ed.), Il pensiero politico di Hegel. Guida storia e critica, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1979 is indicated.

 

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).

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.

Students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)Students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders have the right to special accommodations according to their condition, following an assessment by the Service for Students with Disabilities and SLD. Please do not contact the teacher but get in touch with the Service directly to schedule an appointment. It will be the responsibility of the Service to determine the appropriate adaptations. For more information, visit the page:

https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students

Teaching tools

The lectures will be regularly recorded and will be available not in real time by accessing the Teams classroom created ad hoc. Access will be possible through the unibo institutional credentials by connecting to the link available since 19 September in the virtual materials of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Alberto Burgio