- Docente: Giovanni Giorgini
- Credits: 12
- SSD: SPS/02
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Giovanni Giorgini (Modulo O-Z) Giovanni Giorgini (Modulo Gr1-2) Alina Scudieri (Modulo Gr3-4) (Modulo D Ass)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo O-Z) Traditional lectures (Modulo Gr1-2) Traditional lectures (Modulo Gr3-4) Traditional lectures (Modulo D Ass)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Philosophy (cod. 9216)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students: - know the fundamental features of the modern and contemporary History of Political Thought, - know the main forms of political communication and understand the complex relationships between ideas and facts, - know the most important political doctrines and are able to critically analyze them in connection with the relevant cultural, institutional, historical and social context,- is able to understand the most important political and institutional changes in Western history.
Course contents
In our study of the history of Western political thought we will adopt the perspective of the history of ideas and of constitutional history, as they have been developed by such authors as Quentin Skinner and Reinhart Koselleck. We will examine the main concepts in the vocabulary of politics, such as State, sovereignty, liberty, equality, power and so on.
Readings/Bibliography
) One mandatory reading for all students:
R. Gherardi (ed.), La politica e gli Stati. Problemi e figure del pensiero occidentale , Roma, Carocci, 2013.
II) For non-attending students, one work to be chosen in the following list:
R. Caporali,Uguaglianza, Bologna, Il Mulino,2012.
C. De Pascale, Giustizia, Bologna, Il MUlino, 2010.
E. Greblo, Democrazia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2000.
P.P. Portinaro, Stato, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999.
M. Ricciardi, Rivoluzione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001.
Teaching methods
30 classes of 2 hours each for a total of 60 hours.
The course is offered in the second semester and will begin in February 2022.
Assessment methods
tudents who attend the classes will have an intermediate written exam on the first part of the course and a final written exam on the second part of the course as well as on the thematic part which will be illustrated in the classes.
Students who do not attend the classes will take the total exam in one day, consisting in a written test and an oral part. The test will be on the general part of the course (see R. Gherardi (ed.). La politica e gli Stati, Rome, Carocci, 2013. The oral exam will cover both the required reading and the additional mandatory reading.
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