Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

cod. 1212100042

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

	1212100042
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
	EQF6
	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2018/2019

CURRICULUM ECONOMIA E POLITICHE PER LO SVILUPPO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/01	12	80	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	ANTONIO MARTONE T Curriculum
	INGRID SALVATORE Curriculum

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IS MEANT TO PROVIDE CAPACITIES FOR ANALYZING SOME OF THE FOUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. THE INTENT IS TO MAKE STUDENTS ACQUIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL VIEW OF SOCIETY AND OF THE INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE INTERESTS, AS WELL AS THE NATURE OF SOCIETY AND ITS INTERNAL ORGANIZATION. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO INTERACT AND DISCUSS WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS WITH THE TEACHERS, WITH THE AIM OF INCRESING LOGICAL, DIALOGICAL AND EXPRESSIVE CAPACITIES

THE COURSE IS MEANT TO PROVIDE CAPACITIES FOR ANALYZING SOME OF THE FOUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
THE INTENT IS TO MAKE STUDENTS ACQUIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL VIEW OF SOCIETY AND OF THE INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE INTERESTS, AS WELL AS THE NATURE OF SOCIETY AND ITS INTERNAL ORGANIZATION.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO INTERACT AND DISCUSS WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS WITH THE TEACHERS, WITH THE AIM OF INCRESING LOGICAL, DIALOGICAL AND EXPRESSIVE CAPACITIES

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	COMPARING DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF POLITICS, THE STUDENTS WILL GET ACQUAINTED WITH HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, GETTING AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL ABILITIES

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND SEMINARS. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE TEXTBOOKS, BY STUDYING THEM DURING THE COURSE. WITH THIS AIM, FOR SOME CLASSES WRITTEN PAPERS ARE ASSIGNED. THEY HAVE TO BE BASES FOR CLASS DISCUSSIONS

	Verification of learning
	THE TEST WILL CONSIST IN AN ORAL EXAMINATION, AIMED AT VERIFYING STUDENTS' COMPETENCE AND THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE SPECIFIC SECTOR-BASED KNOWLEDGE. DURING THE EXAM THE CAPACITY TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONS WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. SEMINAR ACTIVITY AND PAPERS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE EXAM AND THEREFORE INFLUENCE THE FINAL EVALUATION.

	Texts
	LEARNING MATERIALS (A SELECTION OF CALSSICAL TEXTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT) WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE ON LECTURERS' WEB PAGE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE. GENERAL HANDBOOK: PETRUCCIANI, STEFANO: "MODELLI DI FILOSOFIA POLITICA", EINAUDI, TORINO 2003.