- Docente: Paolo Terenzi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 6750)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 6058)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to analyze the connections between identity, culture, and conflict in the international context. By the end of the course, students will have developed an advanced understanding of the key approaches to studying identities and cultures, as well as their impact on contemporary global issues—viewed from both conflictual and dialogical perspectives. Additionally, students will acquire essential analytical tools to interpret various types of conflicts and conduct in-depth studies of specific case studies.
Course contents
Social theory, identity and culture. Ethnic conflicts, cultural conflicts, religious conflicts.
Readings/Bibliography
L. Sciolla, Cultura e identità, in Id., Sociologia dei processi culturali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007.
C. Reus-Smit, Culture, in Id., International Relations. A very short introduction, Oxford University Press, 2020, cap. 7.
M. Castells, Il potere delle identità, Egea, Milano, 2014 (cap. 1).
V. Cotesta, Sociologia dei conflitti etnici, Laterza, Roma-Bari. I: Migrazioni e conflitti etnici nel sistema mondiale dell'economia; VII: Religioni e conflitti etnici; VIII: Globalizzazione e conflitti etnici; IX: Naziona, nazionalismo e stato moderno; X: L'origine etnica delle nazioni.
M. Graziano, Guerra santa e santa alleanza, Religioni e disordine internazionale nel XXI secolo, il Mulino, Bologna. IV: Religione e potere negli anni Settanta; V: L'islamizzazioe della rivoluzione iraniana; VI_ La reinvenzione geopolitica della guerra santa; VIII; Lo scontro di civiltà; IX: Lo scontro della ignoranze; X: I confini insaguinati delle religioni; XI: Il terrorisimo.
B.R. Barber, Jihad vs McWorld, in “The Atlantic”, March 1992 (online).
J.D. Hunter, The Culture War and the Sacred/Secular Divide: The Problem of Pluralism and Weak Hegemony, in “Social Research”, 4 – 2019, pp. 1307-1322 (ionline).
Teaching methods
The course is organized in lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
Two written exams
Students not attending classes:
Written exam (12 question, 100 min) + oral exam
Teaching tools
MS Teams
Virtuale
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Terenzi