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MODERN HISTORY

	0312500238
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF6
	PHILOSOPHY
	2022/2023

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/02	12	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO MAGGIO	23/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO	13/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	04/07/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	05/09/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	19/12/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN AGE FROM THE END OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD TO THE THRESHOLD OF INDUSTRIAL AND MASS SOCIETY. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE AIMS TO STIMULATE A REFLECTION ON THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY THAT PROMOTED THE REDISCOVERY OF CLASSICAL VALUES, THE RIGHT TO POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE AND THE FORMULATION OF THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AND PEOPLES. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES: KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY: - TO KNOW THE VARIOUS PHASES OF THE HISTORICAL PERIODIZATION OF THE MODERN AGE; - TO KNOW THE PHASES OF THE POLITICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN AGE; - TO KNOW THE SPECIFIC METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH; - TO UNDERSTAND THE PATHS, TIMES AND TOOLS OF MODERNITY ON THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL LEVEL. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION THE STUDY OF THE DISCIPLINE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO: - CONTEXTUALIZE THE EVENTS OF THE MODERN AGE, ILLUSTRATE ITS INTERNAL RELATIONS, COMPARING THEM WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION; - APPLY THE METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED TO ANALYZE CONTEMPORARY EVENTS IN RELATION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE PAST; - CRITICALLY COMPARE THE PATHS OF MODERNITY IN THE DIFFERENT EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN REALITIES DURING THE MODERN AGE.

THE COURSE AIMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN AGE FROM THE END OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD TO THE THRESHOLD OF INDUSTRIAL AND MASS SOCIETY. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE AIMS TO STIMULATE A REFLECTION ON THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY THAT PROMOTED THE REDISCOVERY OF CLASSICAL VALUES, THE RIGHT TO POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE AND THE FORMULATION OF THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AND PEOPLES.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION
THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY:
- TO KNOW THE VARIOUS PHASES OF THE HISTORICAL PERIODIZATION OF THE MODERN AGE;
- TO KNOW THE PHASES OF THE POLITICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN AGE;
- TO KNOW THE SPECIFIC METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH;
- TO UNDERSTAND THE PATHS, TIMES AND TOOLS OF MODERNITY ON THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL LEVEL.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION
THE STUDY OF THE DISCIPLINE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO:
- CONTEXTUALIZE THE EVENTS OF THE MODERN AGE, ILLUSTRATE ITS INTERNAL RELATIONS, COMPARING THEM WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION;
- APPLY THE METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED TO ANALYZE CONTEMPORARY EVENTS IN RELATION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE PAST;
- CRITICALLY COMPARE THE PATHS OF MODERNITY IN THE DIFFERENT EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN REALITIES DURING THE MODERN AGE.

	Prerequisites
	THE TEACHING HAS NO OTHER REQUISITE, IF NOT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE BASIC CONTENTS WHICH ARE NORMALLY TRANSMITTED BY THE PROGRAMS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THIS FIELD OF STUDIES.

	Contents
	IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OFFER, THIS TEACHING AIMS TO PROMOTE A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY AND ON THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE MODERN AGE. MAIN TOPICS OF THE LESSONS WILL BE: 1) DEFINITION OF MODERN HISTORY AND THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY 2) THE 'BOUNDARIES' OF THE MODERN HISTORY. LATE MODERN HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 3) PATHS AND SYMBOLS OF THE MODERNITY 4) THE MODERN STATE 5) ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE OF THE MODERN AGE 6) FROM DISCOVERY TO CONQUEST: THE FIRST GLOBALISATION. 7) REINASSANCE AND MODERN STATE. 8) ITALY DURING THE WARS FOR EUROPEAN DOMINATION 9) THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION 10) COUNTER-REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION 11) THE AGE OF PHILLIP II 12) SPANISH ITALY IN THE 16TH CENTURY 13) NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE MODERN WORLD 14) THE CRISIS OF THE 17TH CENTURY 15) ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 17TH CENTURY 16) ABSOLUTISM AND ANCIEN RÉGIME. 17) SCIENCE, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE 17TH CENTURY. 18) THE EUROPEAN WARS OF SUPREMACY 19) ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 20) THE REFORMS OF THE 18TH CENTURY 21) THE COLONIAL EXPANSION ANT THE WORLD BEYOND EUROPE. 22) THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 23) THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 24) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 25) NAPOLEON AND THE BIRTH OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE. THE CONTENTS OF THE TEACHING CAN BE FOUND ALSO IN THE HANDBOOKS.

Contents

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OFFER, THIS TEACHING AIMS TO PROMOTE A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY AND ON THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE MODERN AGE.

MAIN TOPICS OF THE LESSONS WILL BE:

1) DEFINITION OF MODERN HISTORY AND THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY
2) THE 'BOUNDARIES' OF THE MODERN HISTORY. LATE MODERN HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
3) PATHS AND SYMBOLS OF THE MODERNITY
4) THE MODERN STATE
5) ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE OF THE MODERN AGE
6) FROM DISCOVERY TO CONQUEST: THE FIRST GLOBALISATION.
7) REINASSANCE AND MODERN STATE.
8) ITALY DURING THE WARS FOR EUROPEAN DOMINATION
9) THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
10) COUNTER-REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION
11) THE AGE OF PHILLIP II
12) SPANISH ITALY IN THE 16TH CENTURY
13) NON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE MODERN WORLD
14) THE CRISIS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
15) ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 17TH CENTURY
16) ABSOLUTISM AND ANCIEN RÉGIME.
17) SCIENCE, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE 17TH CENTURY.
18) THE EUROPEAN WARS OF SUPREMACY
19) ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
20) THE REFORMS OF THE 18TH CENTURY
21) THE COLONIAL EXPANSION ANT THE WORLD BEYOND EUROPE.
22) THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
23) THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
24) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
25) NAPOLEON AND THE BIRTH OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE.

THE CONTENTS OF THE TEACHING CAN BE FOUND ALSO IN THE HANDBOOKS.

	Teaching Methods
	THIS TEACHING USES THE FOLLOWING METHODOLOGIES: - LESSONS WITH WIDE CONTENTS, WITH A FINAL DISCUSSION ON THE CENTRAL TOPICS OF THE LESSON. - LESSONS TRANSMITTING MORE APPLICATIVE KNOWLEDGES AND WHICH ARE FOLLOWED BY EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS ON WHICH THE CLASS WORKS IN ORDER TO FIND SOLUTIONS. - LECTURES BASED ON TEXTS, WITH THEIR ANALYSIS AND THE DISCUSSION BY THE WHOLE CLASS.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION TO VERIFY THE STUDENT’S PREPARATION AND THE SUITABILITY TO USE THE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT IN THE FIELD OF MODERN HISTORY. DURING THE INTERVIEW WILL BE EVALUATED THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL ACQUIRED.

	Texts
	1) A. MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L'EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, BIBLION, MILANO, 2020. 2) G. GALASSO, PRIMA LEZIONE DI STORIA MODERNA, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI, LATEST AVAILABLE EDITION.

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