94201 - LESSICO POLITICO DELLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE

Learning outcomes

L’insegnamento intende fornire le coordinate storico-concettuali necessarie per comprendere e analizzare criticamente in che modo la globalizzazione ha contribuito a modificare i termini centrali del lessico politico occidentale. Al termine del corso, lo studente è in grado di: a) comprendere e analizzare le principali prospettive teoriche in merito alla globalizzazione, alle sue matrici storiche e alle sue ricadute in termini politici; b) interpretare e contestualizzare i fenomeni, i processi e le pratiche che hanno portato alla risignificazione dei principali concetti politici (Stato, sovranità, cittadinanza, società civile, sicurezza, diritti umani, identità, eguaglianza, relazione fra Stati) e all’emergere di nuovi termini chiave (governance, efficienza, vulnerabilità, rischio); c) orientarsi criticamente rispetto al dibattito contemporaneo sulle principali questioni politiche globali.

Course contents

The course aims at critically analyzing the political implications of globalization and, in particular, the ways in which this complex phenomenon has produced the rearticulation of contemporary political lexicon and practices.

Starting from the analysis of the most important interpretations of the political impact of globalization, the first part of the course is dedicated to the critical scrutiny of the effects globalization has had on the use and content of some of the most important Western political concepts (e.g., State, sovereignty, citizenship, security, human rights, identity, equality), as well as on their mutual relationships and related practices. Particular attention will be given to the analysis of the impact the phenomenon of globalization has had on the conception of the space and time of politics as well as to the recent debate on the 'end of globalisation'.

The second part of the course focuses on the critical analysis of some of the new keywords of the global political lexicon. The keywords that will be studied in their new (or renewed) content and mutual relationships in this academic year are: "human rights/democracy" and "vulnerability/resilience".

Readings/Bibliography

Students who attend classes

The bibliography for students who attend classes is composed of the books, chapters and essays listed under letter A and B.

The materials listed under letter B, which could be slightly amended or supplemented with additional references depending on the size of the class and thus on the discussion methods that will be adopted (see Teaching methods section), will be the object of class discussions, will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the class and made available on Virtuale.

The specific sections within the materials under letter A and B to be prepared for class discussions and the final exam will be indicated at the beginning of the class.

A. First part

1. D. Zolo, Globalizzazione. Una mappa dei problemi, Laterza, 2006.

2. D. Held and A. McGrew (ed. By), The Global Transformations Reader. An Introduction to the Globalizatio Debate, Polity, 2004 (selected chapters).

B. Second part

a) Human Rights/Democracy

1. T. Evans, The Politics of Human Rights. A global perspective, 2ndedition, Pluto Press, 2005.
2. S. Benhabib, The Rights of Others. Aliens, Residents, and Citizens, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
3. M. Langford, Critiques of Human Rights, Annu. Rev. Law Soc. Sci. 14, 2018, pp. 69–89.
4. C. Crouch, Postdemocrazia, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2005.
5. D. Zolo, Il tramonto della democrazia nell'era della globalizzazione, Jura Gentium, 2010, disponibile al seguente indirizzo internet: https://www.juragentium.org/topics/wlgo/it/tramonto.htm
6. P. P. Portinaro, LA DEMOCRAZIA ALLA PROVA DELLA GLOBALIZZAZIONE. TRAMONTO O TRASFORMAZIONE?, Archivio di Filosofia , 2013, Vol. 81, No. 3, ETICA PUBBLICA E DEMOCRAZIA (2013), pp. 53-64.

b) Vulnerability/ resilience

1. A. Furia, S. Zullo (a cura di), La vulnerabilità come metodo. Percorsi di ricerca tra pensiero politico, diritto ed etica, Carocci, 2020.
2. V. Marzocco, Insicuri e liberi. Vulnerabilità e resilienza nel lessico giuridico-politico del neo-liberismo, in M. G. Bernardini et al. (a cura di), Vulnerabilità: etica, politica, diritto, if Press, 2018, pp. 295-314.
3. J. Tronto, “Care as the Work of Citizens: A Modest Proposal”, inWomen and Citizenship, edited by M. Friedman, Oxford University Press, 2005, 130-145.
4. M. Duffield, ‘How Did We Become Unprepared? Emergency and Resilience in an Uncertain World’, British Academy Review, 21, 2013, pp. 55–58.
5. M. A. Fineman, Vulnerability and Inevitable Inequality, in “Oslo Law Review”, 3, 2017, pp. 124-32.
6. J. Butler, Z. Gambetti, L. Sabsay, Vulnerability in Resistance, Duke University Press, 2016.

Students who do not attend classes

The bibliography for students who do not attend classes is the same as that to be prepared by those who do and it will be illustrated in details in the Syllabus made available on Virtuale. Students are kindly invited to contact the instructor in due time and at least once before the exam to receive instructions on the study of the bibliography.

Teaching methods

The course will be articulated into both lectures and class discussions.

Lectures will include readings of texts, seminars by external experts, projection of materials and documentaries.

The methodology adopted for class discussions (group discussion, whole class discussion, presentations, Q&A) will be defined at the beginning of the course taking into consideration the size of the class. Students are required to carefully read the assigned material before class discussions and to actively take part in them.

The aim of the teaching methodology adopted by the course is to activate the informed critical discussion of topics among students and to facilitate the interaction and exchange between the instructor and the students.

Assessment methods

Students who have attended classes

The assessment of the acquisition of expected knowledge and abilities by the attending students is based on the following two components: 1. Final written examand 2. (Optional) oral exam

The final written exam is a two-hour test that consists of 5/6 open questions on the bibliography and the topics discussed in class aimed at assessing the acquisition of the expected knowledge as well as of methodological and critical skills.

Students who miss or fail the written exam will undergo an oral exam on the entire syllabus after the end of the class.

The oral exam will take place after the end of the class and will consist of four/five questions aimed at assessing the level of knowledge of the bibliography and of the topics addressed by the course, as well as the students' ability to critically analyse and verbally articulate them.

The final evaluation will be the score of written exam and/or of the possible oral exam.

Students who have not attended classes

Students who have not attended class will undergo an oral exam.

The oral exam will consist of four/five questions aimed at assessing the students' level of knowledge of the bibliography and of the topics addressed by the course, as well as their ability to critically analyse and verbally articulate them.

Teaching tools

Lectures and class discussions will be held with the support of audio-visual tools (ppt, web, short documentaries).

Office hours

See the website of Annalisa Furia