91188 - Laboratories (Lab13)

Learning outcomes

Through the participation to the Laboratory, students develop the transversal skills necessary to practically process the knowledge acquired in the course of study. By the end of the course, they are expected to be able to collect, organise, and analyse complex information and to present the outcomes of his/her analysis in written and oral form.

Course contents

The workshop deals with some of the central themes of political and social theory which are related to the history of the concept of development, througout the analysis of texts and debates.

The aim is to highlight the importance of an historical methodology for the political analysis of mundialization processes, neo-liberal reconfiguration of the State and the theorizing of social and popular movements.

Particular attention will be paid to the contributions of Latin American political sociology.

Readings/Bibliography

Selected parts of the following classics  will be made available online (virtuale) at the beginning of the Laboratory

G. Arrighi, Il lungo XX secolo, Il Saggiatore, Milano, 2014, pp. 7-97.

V. Bambirra, Il sottosviluppo latinoamericano, F. Angeli, Milano, 1979

I. Berlin, Libertà, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2005, pp. 96-169; 169-222.

M. Bloch, Apologia della storia, Einaudi, Torino, 2009 [1950], pp.7-39; 104-130.

M. Bloch, Storici e storia, Einaudi, Torino, 1997 [1995], pp. 5-50.

P. Bourdieu “The Forms of Capital”, in J. Richardson, Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, Greenwood, Westport, 1986.

F. Braudel, Civiltà materiale, economia e capitalismo. I tempi del mondo [Vol. III], Einaudi, Torino, 1982 (cap. 1 e conclusioni)

F. H. Cardoso, E. Faletto, Dipendenza e sviluppo in America latina : saggio di interpretazione sociologica, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1971

J. Coleman “Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital”, American Journal of Sociology , 1988, Vol. 94, Supplement: Organizations and Institutions: Sociological and Economic Approaches to the Analysis of Social Structure, pp. S95-S120

G. Frank, Capitalismo e sottosviluppo in America Latina, Einaudi, Torino, 1971.

R. M. Marini, The Dialectics of Dependency, Monthly Review Press, New York, 2022.

K. Marx, “Introduzione a per la critica dell’Economia politica [1857]” , in Id. Lineamenti fondamentali dell’economia politica [Grundrisse], vol. 1. Einaudi, Torino, 1976

M. Paci, “Gramsci e i classici della sociologia” in I Quaderni, Trimestrale dell’Istituto Gramsci Marche, n. 4, aprile 1993, pp. 7-31.

K. Polany, La grande trasformazione, Einaudi, Torino, 1974, pp.167-225; 281-323.

_______, From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization, Zed Books, London 2013 [e-book]

A. Sen, Development as Freedom, Knops, New York, 2000, pp. 54-87

_____, Lo sviluppo è libertà : perché non c'è crescita senza democrazia, Mondadori, Milano, 2000.

Teaching methods

 

The teaching metodology includes: teacher's lesson, discussion in class, groups presentations (the groups will be organized at the beginning of the Laboratory, according to the number of attending students).

The aim of the teaching methodology adopted is to activate the critical analysis and informed discussion of theoretical and historical problems and to facilitate the interaction between the instructor and the students, as well as among the students themselves.

Assessment methods

Particular importance will be given to the reading of the texts assigned for each session  and to the student ability to demonstrate his/her critical capacities through active and informed participation in the discussion.

Final assessment: elaboration of a paper on one of the topics covered in class and previously agreed with the teacher.

Office hours

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