- Docente: Francesco Cerrato
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 8773)
Learning outcomes
The course intends to provide useful conceptual tools and specific methodological knowledge for the analysis of significant traditions, texts and figures in the historical and philosophical context and in the history of Western culture.
Course contents
Thomas Hobbes in Seventeenth Century Philosophy
The course will be dedicated to the thought of Thomas Hobbes. All the most important themes and problems of the Hobbesian epistemology, anthropology and political theory will be considered through a critical analysis of the philosopher’s main works, such as The Elements, De Cive, Leviathan, De Corpore and De Homine. A specific attention will be given to the contextualization of the Hobbesian reflection and to the comparison with Galilei and Descartes.
Readings/Bibliography
Texts that are be discussed in class and made available online as didactic material.
2. T. Hobbes, Leviatano, parts I e II
3. U. Eco – R. Fedriga, La filosofia e le sue storie, Roma-Bari, Laterza, vol. 2, L’età moderna, pp. 195-386
4. Students must choose two books from the following list:
C. Schmitt, Saggi sul Leviatano, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011
L. Strauss, La filosofia politica di Hobbes. Il suo fondamento e la sua genesi, in Che cos'è la filosofia politica ?, Urbino, Argalia, 1977, pp.117-350
Carlo Altini, La storia della filosofia come filosofia politica : Carl Schmitt e Leo Strauss lettori di Thomas Hobbes, Pisa, ETS, 2004
A. Pacchi, Convenzione e ipotesi nella formazione della filosofia naturale di Thomas Hobbes, Firenze, La nuova Italia, 1965
H. Warrender, Il pensiero politico di Hobbes: la teoria dell'obbligazione, Roma – Bari, Laterza, 1974
T. Magri, Saggio su Thomas Hobbes: gli elementi della politica, Milano, Il saggiatore, 1982
T. Magri, Il pensiero politico di Hobbes, Roma, Laterza, 1994
Mario Reale, La difficile eguaglianza : Hobbes e gli animali politici : passioni, morale, socialità, Roma, Editori riuniti, 1991
Dimitri D'Andrea, Prometeo e Ulisse : natura umana e ordine politico in Thomas Hobbes, Roma, NIS, 1997
N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes, Torino, Einaudi, 2004
Mauro Farnesi Camellone, Indocili soggetti : la politica teologica di Thomas Hobbes, Macerata, Quodlibet, 2013
F. Izzo, Forme della modernità, Antropologia, politica e teologia in Thomas Hobbes, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
The oral exam will assess the students' acquired knowledge regarding the lessons' contents and the books indicated in the bibliography. An acceptable evaluation corresponds to a good ability to discuss the themes, problems and key-concepts analysed during the course. Particular appreciation will be given to those students who are able to use an appropriate lexicon concerning the subject and to contextualize themes, problems, authors and works, culturally and historically.
Teaching tools
During the lessons, powerpoint program will be used.
Office hours
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