85027 - History of Philosophical Culture (1)

Learning outcomes

he course intends to provide useful conceptual tools and specific methodological knowledge for the analysis of significant traditions, texts and figures in the historical and philosophical context and in the history of Western culture.

Course contents

"Sovereignty"

The genesis and history of a modern concept

 

The course focuses on the philosophical debate in modern European political philosophy on the problem of "sovereignty", with regard to the positions of T. Hobbes, J. Locke, and J.-J. Rousseau.

 

Workshop

The course will include an integrative workshop led by Professor Imbriano. In this workshop lectures will be given by Simona Piattoni (University of Trento), Matteo Scotto (Villa Vigoni), Adelino Zanini (University of Marche), Olimpia Malatesta (University of Milan-Bicocca), who will lead lessons related to the themes of the course.

 

Workshop schedule:

 

• Simona Piattoni, Matteo Scotto, Europa, confini, sovranità. Presentazione di Matteo Scotto, Fragile Orders. Understanding intergovernmentalism in the context of EU crises and reform process (VillaVigoni Editore, 2022) (01.03.2023, ore 15.00 - aula I via Zamboni 38)

• Adelino Zanini, I destini della sovranità economica nell’Europa odierna (02.03.2023, ore 15.00 – aula D via centotrecento)

• Olimpia Malatesta, Stato e sovranità nel pensiero ordoliberale e in Friedrich August von Hayek (03.03.2023, ore 13.00 - sala rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23)
  

 

Students who participate will be entitled to prepare only two, rather than three, critical texts for the final exam from those indicated at Point 2 of the reading list.

 

Starting date: 1st February 2023

 

Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00, classroom I (via Zamboni 38)

Thursday 15:00–17:00, classroom D (via centotrecento)

Friday 13:00–15:00, classroom C (via centotrecento)

 

Readings/Bibliography

1. Primary readings:

• Selected Parts from the following texts *:
  

1.1 Thomas Hobbes, Leviatano, 2 voll., UTET, Torino 1955

1.2 John Locke, Due trattati sul governo, UTET, Torino 1968

1.3 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Il contratto sociale, Feltrinelli 2003

   

  * See Teaching Resources

 

2. Critical readings (3 texts of your choice):

 

2.1 One Text of your choice:

Carlo Galli, Sovranità, il Mulino, Bologna 2019

AA. VV., Staat und Souveränität, in Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe (a cura di O. Brunner, W. Conze, R. Koselleck), Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1971 segg., vol. 6, pp. 1-154

Helmuth Quaritsch, Souveränität, in Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie (a cura di Joachim Ritter e Karlfried Gründer), Schwabe, Basel-Stuttgart 1971 segg., vol. 9, pp. 1104-1111

Luigi Ferrajoli, La sovranità nel mondo moderno: nascita e crisi dello stato nazionale, Anabasi, Milano 1995

 

2.2 One Text of your choice:

Alberto Burgio, Per un lessico critico del contrattualismo moderno, La scuola di Pitagora, Napoli 2006, pp. 1-111

G.B. Machperson, Libertà e proprietà alle origini del pensiero borghese. La teoria dell'individualismo possessivo da Hobbes a Locke, ISEDI, Milano 1973

 

2.3 One Text of your choice:

Norberto Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes, Torino, Einaudi 2004

Carl Schmitt, Sul Leviatano, il Mulino, Bologna 2011

Walter Euchner, La filosofia politica di Locke, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1995

John Dunn, Il pensiero politico di John Locke, il Mulino, Bologna 1992

Alberto Burgio, Eguaglianza interesse unanimità. La politica di Rousseau, Bibliopolis, Napoli 1989 (or: Rousseau e gli altri. Teoria e critica della democrazia tra Sette e Novecento, DeriveApprodi, Roma 2012)

Ernst Cassirer, Robert Darnton, Jean Starobinski, Tre letture di Rousseau, Roma, Laterza, 1994

The programme is the same both for attending and not attending students.

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures with discussions in class of the most crucial issues

 

Assessment methods

The final oral exam focuses on the programme’s material and will be held in Professor Imbriano’s office: 5.06 - Via Zamboni, 38.

The student will be examined on their knowledge of fundamental concepts, their level of analysis and critical skills.

On the basis of these three principal parameters an overall evaluation is expressed out of a total of 30.

 

Evaluation of level:

18-21 Low/Sufficient

22-25 Medium

26-28 Good/very good

29-30 High

30 L Excellent

Teaching tools

Traditional lectures with the support of Power Point

 

Office hours

See the website of Gennaro Imbriano