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POLITICAL THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali POLITICAL THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY

1212100130
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2019/2020



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1280LESSONS
MASSIMO DE CAROLIS DI PROSSEDI T Curriculum
ADALGISO AMENDOLA Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE IS MEANT TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO ANALYSE THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL THEORY, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND STATE AND THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AND ISTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION.
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.
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
THE COURSE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN TWO DIRECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. ON ONE SIDE THE MAIN THEORIES IN THE FIELD OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY WILL BE PRESENTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. AT THE SAME TIME THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS AND THE MAIN DEMOCRATIC AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS WILL BE ANALYTICALLY SCRUTINIZED.
THE SECOND PART (POLITICAL THEORY), AS WELL AS OFFERING THE BASIC LEXICON OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENCE, WILL PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS OF COLLECTIVE POLITICAL ACTION AND TO NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND SEMINARS. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE TEXTBOOKS, BY STUDYING THEM DURING THE COURSE.
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 CLASSICAL TEXTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT: ARISTOTELE, MACHIAVELLI, HOBBES, ROUSSEAU, KANT) WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE ON LECTURERS' WEB PAGE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.
MAIN TEXT: H. ARENDT, "THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM", CH. X AND XIII.
GENERAL HANDBOOK: PETRUCCIANI, STEFANO: "MODELLI DI FILOSOFIA POLITICA", EINAUDI, TORINO 2003.
SECOND PART (POLITICAL THEORY), SUGGESTED LECTURES: J. BUTLER, "L’ALLEANZA DEI CORPI", NOTTETEMPO, MILANO, 2017: IN PARTICOLARE, INTRODUZIONE E CAPITOLO V.
M. HARDT, A. NEGRI, "ASSEMBLEA!", PONTE ALLE GRAZIE, FIRENZE, 2018: IN PARTICOLARE, CAPITOLI 1, 4, 5.

FOR THE SECOND PART, THE USE OF THE "DICTIONARY OF POLITICS" BY N. BOBBIO, N. MATTEUCCI, G. PASQUINO IS RECOMMENDED.

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