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RETORICA E POLITICA

	0312500284
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF6
	PHILOSOPHY
	2022/2023

PERCORSO STUDY PATHWAY IN COMMON

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-FIL/05	6	30	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO FEBBRAIO	15/02/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO FEBBRAIO	15/02/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO MAGGIO	24/05/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO	21/06/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	19/07/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	20/09/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	13/12/2023 - 09:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO MAKE STUDENT ACQUAINTED WITH CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EXAMINE, NOT ONLY FROM A SPECIFICALLY PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE INTERTWINING OF RHETORICAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. AT THE END OF THE LESSONS THE STUDENT - WILL KNOW IN ITS FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL ARTICULATIONS, AND AT LEAST IN PART IN ITS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, THE RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS - WILL UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY IN ITS RHETORICAL DECLINATION, PLAYS IN DETERMINING POLITICAL ACTION FURTHERMORE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - ANALYZE TEXTS OF MEDIUM COMPLEXITY THAT HAVE PERSUASIVE PURPOSES, HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC USE THEY MAKE OF RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES - ANALYZE THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS THAT THEY PRESUPPOSE - APPLY THE LOGICAL-ARGUMENTATIVE TOOLS TO A SPECIFIC OBJECT OF ANALYSIS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE, USING THE THEORETICAL TOOLS ACQUIRED, TO: - INDEPENDENTLY ASSESS THE ROLE THAT THE RHETORICAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE PLAYS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF REALITY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE DETERMINATION OF THAT PART OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC SPHERE - TO EVALUATE AND USE THE TOOLS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE RHETORICAL TRADITION WITH GREATER CRITICAL AWARENESS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - TO ADEQUATELY COMMUNICATE THE CONTENTS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BOTH IN FRONT OF SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS - APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN RELATION TO THE INTERTWINING OF RHETORIC AND POLITICS IN COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS OF VARIOUS KINDS - MAKE USE OF THE MAIN RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED - TO MOVE INDEPENDENTLY IN SECONDARY AND SPECIALIST LITERATURE - TO IDENTIFY THEMATIC AREAS WORTHY OF FURTHER AND MORE SPECIFIC STUDY

THE COURSE AIMS TO MAKE STUDENT ACQUAINTED WITH CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EXAMINE, NOT ONLY FROM A SPECIFICALLY PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE INTERTWINING OF RHETORICAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

AT THE END OF THE LESSONS THE STUDENT
- WILL KNOW IN ITS FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL ARTICULATIONS, AND AT LEAST IN PART IN ITS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, THE RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY IN ITS RHETORICAL DECLINATION, PLAYS IN DETERMINING POLITICAL ACTION

FURTHERMORE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- ANALYZE TEXTS OF MEDIUM COMPLEXITY THAT HAVE PERSUASIVE PURPOSES, HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC USE THEY MAKE OF RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES
- ANALYZE THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS THAT THEY PRESUPPOSE
- APPLY THE LOGICAL-ARGUMENTATIVE TOOLS TO A SPECIFIC OBJECT OF ANALYSIS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE, USING THE THEORETICAL TOOLS ACQUIRED, TO:
- INDEPENDENTLY ASSESS THE ROLE THAT THE RHETORICAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE PLAYS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF REALITY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE DETERMINATION OF THAT PART OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC SPHERE
- TO EVALUATE AND USE THE TOOLS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE RHETORICAL TRADITION WITH GREATER CRITICAL AWARENESS

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- TO ADEQUATELY COMMUNICATE THE CONTENTS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BOTH IN FRONT OF SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS
- APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN RELATION TO THE INTERTWINING OF RHETORIC AND POLITICS IN COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS OF VARIOUS KINDS
- MAKE USE OF THE MAIN RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED
- TO MOVE INDEPENDENTLY IN SECONDARY AND SPECIALIST LITERATURE
- TO IDENTIFY THEMATIC AREAS WORTHY OF FURTHER AND MORE SPECIFIC STUDY

	Prerequisites
	NO PREREQUISITES

	Contents
	THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE COURSE: AT THE ORIGINS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS: GORGIAS' ENCOMIUM OF HELEN (10 HOURS) PLATO'S GORGIAS: RHETORIC AND POLITICS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PHILOSOPHY (10 HOURS) ANCIENT MODELS, MODERN PERSPECTIVES: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS TODAY (10 HOURS).

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM AIMED AT VERIFYING THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND HIS ABILITY TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO REASON CRITICALLY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND POLITICS IN BOTH HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. DURING THE EXAM, THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A CLEAR AND UNIVOCAL WAY THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED WILL BE ASSESSED.