Sociologia | HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGTH

cod. 0312300045

HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGTH

	0312300045
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2019/2020

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/02	9	60	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	LEARNING OBJECTIVES THE COURSE WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO GAIN FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT AND TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY OF ORIENTING THEMSELVES THROUGH HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE A BASIC KNOWELEDGE ON THE MODERN THEORIES ON SOVEREIGNITY AND THE STATE, ON CONTRACTUALISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM, AND ON LIBERALISM AND MARXISM. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE THEORIES TO THE POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION. MOREOVER, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GENESIS OF THESE IDEAS WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANALITICAL SKILLS APPLIED TO DOCUMENTS – PARTICULARY TO TREATISES.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
THE COURSE WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO GAIN FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT AND TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY OF ORIENTING THEMSELVES THROUGH HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE A BASIC KNOWELEDGE ON THE MODERN THEORIES ON SOVEREIGNITY AND THE STATE, ON CONTRACTUALISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM, AND ON LIBERALISM AND MARXISM. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE THEORIES TO THE POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION. MOREOVER, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GENESIS OF THESE IDEAS WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANALITICAL SKILLS APPLIED TO DOCUMENTS – PARTICULARY TO TREATISES.

	Prerequisites
	PREREQUISITES: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND AN INTEREST IN HISTORICAL POLITICAL RESEARCH

	Contents
	CONTENTS THE COURSE WILL, AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC OF THE “POLITICAL NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY” IN THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT, OFFER A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE ITALIAN DEBATE ON MARX BETWEEN THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE 20TH CENTURY, OF THE GENESIS OF THE THEORETICAL MARXISM IN ITALY (LABRIOLA, CROCE, GENTILE, GRAMSCI), AND ON THE INFLUENCE WHICH THAT HAD UPON THE ITALIAN CULTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

Contents

CONTENTS
THE COURSE WILL, AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC OF THE “POLITICAL NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY” IN THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT, OFFER A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE ITALIAN DEBATE ON MARX BETWEEN THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE 20TH CENTURY, OF THE GENESIS OF THE THEORETICAL MARXISM IN ITALY (LABRIOLA, CROCE, GENTILE, GRAMSCI), AND ON THE INFLUENCE WHICH THAT HAD UPON THE ITALIAN CULTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

	Teaching Methods
	DIDACTIC METHODS THE TEACHING WILL FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL DIDACTIC METHOD, USING MAINLY THE METHOD OF THE FRONTAL LESSON. NONETHELESS , THE COURSE AIMS TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNICATION DURING THE LESSONS AND TO STRONGLY PROMOTE THE RECIPROCITY AND ALSO THE STUDENTS' PARTECIPATION. MOREOVER, THE COURSE MEANS TO ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE LEARNING SKILL OF THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE ACTIVATION OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT CAN HELP TO STRENGHTHEN THEIR SENSE OF INVOLVEMENT AND ATTENTION.

Teaching Methods

DIDACTIC METHODS
THE TEACHING WILL FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL DIDACTIC METHOD, USING MAINLY THE METHOD OF THE FRONTAL LESSON. NONETHELESS , THE COURSE AIMS TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNICATION DURING THE LESSONS AND TO STRONGLY PROMOTE THE RECIPROCITY AND ALSO THE STUDENTS' PARTECIPATION. MOREOVER, THE COURSE MEANS TO ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE LEARNING SKILL OF THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE ACTIVATION OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT CAN HELP TO STRENGHTHEN THEIR SENSE OF INVOLVEMENT AND ATTENTION.

	Verification of learning
	TEST OF KNOWELDGE THE TEST OF KNOWLEDGE WILL CONIST OF AN ORAL EXAM UPON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE VOTE (WITH 30 POINTS BEING THE BEST GRADE AND 18 THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE, PLUS A POSSIBLE CUM LAUDE NOTATION) IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: COMMUNICATION SKILLS CRITICAL ABILITIES AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE ACCURACY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND OF THE THEORETICAL REFERENCES ABILITY TO MASTER THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE THE CUM LAUDE NOTATION IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODS AND WHEN A HIGH LEVEL OF LANGUAGE ABILITY AND ELABORATION IS DEMONSTRATED.

Verification of learning

TEST OF KNOWELDGE
THE TEST OF KNOWLEDGE WILL CONIST OF AN ORAL EXAM UPON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE VOTE (WITH 30 POINTS BEING THE BEST GRADE AND 18 THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE, PLUS A POSSIBLE CUM LAUDE NOTATION) IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CRITICAL ABILITIES AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE
ACCURACY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND OF THE THEORETICAL REFERENCES
ABILITY TO MASTER THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE

THE CUM LAUDE NOTATION IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODS AND WHEN A HIGH LEVEL OF LANGUAGE ABILITY AND ELABORATION IS DEMONSTRATED.

	Texts
	COURSE BOOKSE’ 1. D. DI CESARE, SULLA VOCAZIONE POLITICA DELLA FILOSOFIA, TORINO; BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, 2018, SOME SELECTED PARTS (FOR FURTHER STUDY, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND THE LESSONS OF HEPTEACHING OF "HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL THOUGHT ); 2. ANTOLOGIA SULLE ORIGINI DEL MARXISMO TEORICO IN ITALIA (DISPENSA); 3. G. GENTILE, LA FILOSOFIA DELLA PRASSI, 1899, IN ID. , LA FILOSOFIA DI MARX (QUALUNQUE EDIZIONE IN COMMERCIO); 4. A. GRAMSCI, INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA FILOSOFIA, QUADERNO 11, EDIZIONE GERRATANA, PP. 1375-1395 (IT IS AVAILABLE AS A PHOTOCOPY MATERIAL); 5. H. GONZÁLEZ, IL NOSTRO GRAMSCI (A CURA E CON INTRODUZIONE DI P. SERRA), ROMA, CASTELVECCHI, 2019.

Texts

COURSE BOOKSE’
1. D. DI CESARE, SULLA VOCAZIONE POLITICA DELLA FILOSOFIA, TORINO; BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, 2018, SOME SELECTED PARTS (FOR FURTHER STUDY, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND THE LESSONS OF HEPTEACHING OF "HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL THOUGHT );
2. ANTOLOGIA SULLE ORIGINI DEL MARXISMO TEORICO IN ITALIA (DISPENSA);
3. G. GENTILE, LA FILOSOFIA DELLA PRASSI, 1899, IN ID. , LA FILOSOFIA DI MARX (QUALUNQUE EDIZIONE IN COMMERCIO);
4. A. GRAMSCI, INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA FILOSOFIA, QUADERNO 11, EDIZIONE GERRATANA, PP. 1375-1395 (IT IS AVAILABLE AS A PHOTOCOPY MATERIAL);
5. H. GONZÁLEZ, IL NOSTRO GRAMSCI (A CURA E CON INTRODUZIONE DI P. SERRA), ROMA, CASTELVECCHI, 2019.