Sociologia | SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY

cod. 0312300047

SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY

	0312300047
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2021/2022

CURRICULUM WELFARE Cohort 2019/2020

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/07	6	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	EDUCATIONAL AIMS THE COURSE AIM TO DEVELOP THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, LANGUAGE SKILLS OF STUDENTS, IN ORDER TO APPLY THEM TO THE STUDY OF THE PHENOMENA OF CORPOREALITY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - THE STUDENT MUST: -KNOW THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY, THEORIES AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS. -KNOW THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BODY IN TERMS OF PROCESSES AND CONTENTS. -BE ABLE TO DETECT AND ANALYZE THE (INTER) DEPENDENCIES THAT THE BODY, IN ITS BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL NATURE, HAS WITH ALL THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIAL. -UNDERSTAND THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PHENOMENA THAT INVOLVE THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - THE STUDENT MUST: - KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND CATEGORIES OF ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY TO THE DIFFERENT TOPICS OF RESEARCH. - BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY NEW FIELDS FOR DEFINING BODY AND ITS PROBLEMS - KNOW HOW TO EXPOSE OWN ARGUMENTS WITH A RELEVANT SOCIOLOGICAL VOCABULARY, CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE CRITERIA FOR ORGANIZING THE SPEECH AND MAKE GOOD USE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES;

EDUCATIONAL AIMS
THE COURSE AIM TO DEVELOP THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, LANGUAGE SKILLS OF STUDENTS, IN ORDER TO APPLY THEM TO THE STUDY OF THE PHENOMENA OF CORPOREALITY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - THE STUDENT MUST:
-KNOW THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY, THEORIES AND METHODS OF
ANALYSIS.
-KNOW THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BODY IN TERMS OF PROCESSES AND CONTENTS.
-BE ABLE TO DETECT AND ANALYZE THE (INTER) DEPENDENCIES THAT THE BODY, IN ITS BIOLOGICAL
AND CULTURAL NATURE, HAS WITH ALL THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIAL.
-UNDERSTAND THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PHENOMENA THAT INVOLVE THE BODY IN
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - THE STUDENT MUST:
- KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND CATEGORIES OF ANALYSIS OF THE
SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY TO THE DIFFERENT TOPICS OF RESEARCH.
- BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY NEW FIELDS FOR DEFINING BODY AND ITS PROBLEMS
- KNOW HOW TO EXPOSE OWN ARGUMENTS WITH A RELEVANT SOCIOLOGICAL VOCABULARY, CHOOSE THE
APPROPRIATE CRITERIA FOR ORGANIZING THE SPEECH AND MAKE GOOD USE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES;

	Prerequisites
	KNOWING OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL LEXICON AND THE MAIN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES,

	Contents
	EXPOSITION AND IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE MAIN THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY. THE COURSE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THREE SECTIONS FIRST SECTION (10 HOURS) - THE BODY AS A “TEXT” TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF LIVED BODY AND THE CATEGORIAL REPERTOIRE FOR ITS CORRECT INTERPRETATION, STARTING FROM ITS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. SECOND SECTION (10 HOURS) - THE BODY AS “SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION THE BODIES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE, AESTHETICS, ETHICS AND LAW. THESE THEMES WILL BE APPLIED IN SOME AREAS OF LIFE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTEREST: WELLNESS, HEALTH-ILLNESS, THE PANDEMIC AND ANTI-VACCINE PHENOMENON, SEXUALITY, WORK, ART, FASHION AND SPORT, WITH REFERENCE TO BODY POLICIES AND ITS REGULATION. THIRD SECTION (20 HOURS) - THE EMBODIMENT PROCESS THE PERSPECTIVE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE BROADER REPERTOIRE OF FOUCAULT'S “HISTORY OF SEXUALITY”. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOUCAULTIAN INTERPRETATIVE SCHEME WILL BE EMPLOYED TO STUDY IN DEEP THE SUBJECTIVE (WILL TO KNOW) AND OBJECTIVE (KNOWLEDGE-POWER-TRUTH-LEGITIMATION) IMPLICATIONS IN THE SELF-CONSTITUTION OF THE MODERN SUBJECT.

Contents

EXPOSITION AND IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE MAIN THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY. THE COURSE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THREE SECTIONS

FIRST SECTION (10 HOURS) - THE BODY AS A “TEXT” TO UNDERSTAND
THE CONCEPT OF LIVED BODY AND THE CATEGORIAL REPERTOIRE FOR ITS CORRECT INTERPRETATION, STARTING FROM ITS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.

SECOND SECTION (10 HOURS) - THE BODY AS “SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
THE BODIES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE, AESTHETICS, ETHICS AND LAW. THESE THEMES WILL BE APPLIED IN SOME AREAS OF LIFE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTEREST: WELLNESS, HEALTH-ILLNESS, THE PANDEMIC AND ANTI-VACCINE PHENOMENON, SEXUALITY, WORK, ART, FASHION AND SPORT, WITH REFERENCE TO BODY POLICIES AND ITS REGULATION.

THIRD SECTION (20 HOURS) - THE EMBODIMENT PROCESS
THE PERSPECTIVE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE BROADER REPERTOIRE OF FOUCAULT'S “HISTORY OF SEXUALITY”. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOUCAULTIAN INTERPRETATIVE SCHEME WILL BE EMPLOYED TO STUDY IN DEEP THE SUBJECTIVE (WILL TO KNOW) AND OBJECTIVE (KNOWLEDGE-POWER-TRUTH-LEGITIMATION) IMPLICATIONS IN THE SELF-CONSTITUTION OF THE MODERN SUBJECT.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES: THE TEACHER EXPLAINS IN THE CLASSROOM THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY: THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS APPLY STUDIED MODELS TO SOME LOCAL REALITIES.

	Verification of learning
	THE LEARNING ASSESMENT CONCERN A FINAL ORAL TEST. THE EXAM WILL START FROM A GENERAL THEME, INVITING THE STUDENT TO ESTABLISH LOGICAL AND SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE STUDIED SUBJECTS. THE RATING WILL BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE LEVEL OF IN-DEPTH STUDY REALIZED BY STUDENT, HIS APPLICATIVE SKILLS AND THE PERTINENT USE OF SOCIOLOGICAL VOCABULARY, .

	Texts
	TEACHER'S NOTES AND SLIDES FOUCAULT M., L VOLONTÀ DI SAPERE (1976), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1984. BOOK FOR READING AND DEEPENING ROMEO A., 2018, SOCIOLOGIA DEL CORPO, MONDADORI UNIVERSITÀ. ROSE N., 2008, LA POLITICA DELLA VITA, EINAUDI, TORINO. GALIMBERTI U., IL CORPO (1983), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1987. FRANCO S; NORDERA M., INCORPORAZIONE, IN FRANCO S.; NORDERA M., RICORDANZE. MEMORIA IN MOVIMENTO E COREOGRAFIE DELLA STORIA UTET, TORINO,2010, P.67-74. FOUCAULT M., L'USO DEI PIACERI (1984), FELTRINELLI FOUCAULT M., LA CURA DI SÉ (1984), FELTRINELLI, MILANO. D'ANDREA F., IL CORPO IN GIOCO, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2008. CARABETTA C., CORPO FORTE E PENSIERO DEBOLE, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2007. SIMMEL G., 1996, SULL’INTIMITÀ, A CURA DI V. COTESTA, FELTRINELLI, MILANO. SIMMEL G., STUDI PSICOLOGICI ED ETNOLOGICI SULLA MUSICA (1882), A CURA DI DEL FORNO M., ARACNE, ROMA 2008. P. BOURDIEU, IL CORPO TRA NATURA E CULTURA, FRANCOANGELI, MILANO, 1988. M. MAUSS , 1965, TEORIA GENERALE DELLA MAGIA E ALTRI SAGGI (TRAD.IT), EINAUDI, TORINO. FREUD S., IL DISAGIO DELLA CIVILTÀ (1941), BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1971. CAPECCHI S., RUSPINU E., 2009, MEDIA, CORPI, SESSUALITÀ. DAI CORPI ESIBITI AL CYBERSEX, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO. OTHER TITLES IN VOLUMES OR ARTICLES IN JOURNALS ON THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION SHOULD BE PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.

Texts

TEACHER'S NOTES AND SLIDES

FOUCAULT M., L VOLONTÀ DI SAPERE (1976), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1984.

BOOK FOR READING AND DEEPENING
ROMEO A., 2018, SOCIOLOGIA DEL CORPO, MONDADORI UNIVERSITÀ.
ROSE N., 2008, LA POLITICA DELLA VITA, EINAUDI, TORINO.
GALIMBERTI U., IL CORPO (1983), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1987.
FRANCO S; NORDERA M., INCORPORAZIONE, IN FRANCO S.; NORDERA M., RICORDANZE. MEMORIA IN MOVIMENTO E COREOGRAFIE DELLA STORIA UTET, TORINO,2010, P.67-74.
FOUCAULT M., L'USO DEI PIACERI (1984), FELTRINELLI
FOUCAULT M., LA CURA DI SÉ (1984), FELTRINELLI, MILANO.
D'ANDREA F., IL CORPO IN GIOCO, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2008.
CARABETTA C., CORPO FORTE E PENSIERO DEBOLE, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2007.
SIMMEL G., 1996, SULL’INTIMITÀ, A CURA DI V. COTESTA, FELTRINELLI, MILANO.
SIMMEL G., STUDI PSICOLOGICI ED ETNOLOGICI SULLA MUSICA (1882), A CURA DI DEL FORNO M., ARACNE, ROMA 2008.
P. BOURDIEU, IL CORPO TRA NATURA E CULTURA, FRANCOANGELI, MILANO, 1988.
M. MAUSS , 1965, TEORIA GENERALE DELLA MAGIA E ALTRI SAGGI (TRAD.IT), EINAUDI, TORINO.
FREUD S., IL DISAGIO DELLA CIVILTÀ (1941), BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1971.
CAPECCHI S., RUSPINU E., 2009, MEDIA, CORPI, SESSUALITÀ. DAI CORPI ESIBITI AL CYBERSEX, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO.

OTHER TITLES IN VOLUMES OR ARTICLES IN JOURNALS ON THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION SHOULD BE PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.