- Docente: Francesco Raschi
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
-
from Oct 02, 2023 to Dec 13, 2023
Learning outcomes
The aim of the workshop is to introduce participants to the critical reading and comprehension of texts (ranging from classic books on political and social sciences to commentary articles in daily and weekly newspapers). At the end of the workshop the student has acquired the necessary skills to i) synthesise, schematise (also in written form), contextualise and critically analyse theoretical, historical and methodological aspects of the text under examination (volume, journal essay); ii) make a short press review from the reading of daily and weekly newspapers (if the choice falls on short articles).
Course contents
The workshop consists of reading and analysing classic texts from the history of political thought and political science. They deal with power, freedom and equality, and make it possible to interpret the different political spaces in the course of history over the last few centuries. history. From this perspective, both their context and genealogy, their thematic relationship to the present and their cultural reception in general will be explored.
The workshop also consists of the preparation of a press review based on the reading and selection of articles from daily newspapers (Italian and foreign).
Readings/Bibliography
Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe
Thomas Hobbes, Il Leviatano
John Locke, Il secondo trattato sul governo
Charles de Montesquieu, Lo spirito delle leggi
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Il contratto sociale
Immanuel Kant, La pace perpetua
Benjamin Constant, Princìpi di politica
Benjamin Constant, Conquista e usurpazione
Altre testi verranno indicati successivamente.
Other texts will be indicated later.
Teaching methods
Alternating between lectures, students read, present, comment on and discuss the texts and topics covered by the texts.
Students also offer a short daily press review.
Assessment methods
Attendance is not a prerequisite for eligibility.
Students must demonstrate the ability, also in written form, to synthesise, schematise, contextualise and critically analyse theoretical, empirical and methodological aspects of the texts studied.
Teaching tools
Books, texts and Power Point presentations.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Raschi