73162 - Ideology and Society in the Global World

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the classic concepts of ideology, the transformations that Western culture in general and ideologies in particular suffer in the global world, as well as the impact on state institutions by these transformations.

Course contents

The course is divided into a general section and a specialisation section. The general section will focus on the most important political, institutional and cultural changes brought about by globalization. Particular attention will be given to liberalism, social democracy, anti-globalism and religious fundamentalism. The specialisation section instead will focus on relations between ideology, religion, democracy and truth.

Readings/Bibliography

For the general section:

D. Held, A McGrew, Globalismo e antiglobalismo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010

Students will also study one of the following texts:

R. Soborski, Ideology in a Global Age, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2013

R. Nozick, Anarchia, Stato, Utopia, Ed. Lemonnier, Firenze 1981

J. Rawls, Liberalismo politico, Edizioni Comunità, Milano 1994

A. Sen, Libertà è sviluppo. Perché non c'è crescita senza democrazia, Ed. Mondadori, Milano 2009

R. Dworkin, Giustizia per i ricci, Ed. Feltrinelli, Milano 2012

J. Latouche, La scommessa della decrescita, Ed. Feltrinelli, Milano 2007

S. Eisenstadt, Fondamentalismo e modernità, Ed. Laterza, Bari 1994

G. Bronner, Il pensiero estremo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012

For the specialisation section:

J. Habermas, Tra scienza e fede, Ed. Laterza, Bari 2005:

S. Belardinelli, L'ordine di Babele. Le culture tra pluralismo e identità, Ed. Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2018.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview for both parts of the course. Students are required to have an accurate knowledge of the examination topics, to critically connect them to each other and to justify their choice of texts in the examination syllabus. Gaps in basic knowledge, inappropriate vocabulary and a lack of ability to orient oneself within the different examination topics will be evaluated negatively.

 

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