Massimo PENDENZA | GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

cod. 0312300019

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

	0312300019
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM WELFARE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/07	9	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE	14/01/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE	04/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE	20/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA

	Objectives
	EDUCATIONAL AIMS THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT THE SKILLS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE ANALYSIS, VERIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES APPLIED TO THE ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. IN PARTICULAR, THE MAIN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE A SOLID BASIC PREPARATION IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE NEOLIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; 2) TO CHARACTERISE THE TRAINING WITH A BROAD PREPARATION IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES IN ORDER TO ENSURE MASTERY OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE PROCESSES OF NEOLIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; 3) TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE SOCIAL CRISIS AND THE RELATED MALAISE OR PATHOLOGIES OF THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENT TO IT; 4) TO DEVELOP SKILLS AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH CLASSROOM TEACHING ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER STUDENT-TEACHER INTERACTION AND THAT OF STUDENTS AMONG THEMSELVES (ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, TO WORK IN GROUPS, TO NEGOTIATE) AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM SETTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; 5) TO DEVELOP SKILLS AIMED AT MASTERING THE USE OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS; 6) TO STIMULATE STUDENTS TO RESPONSIBLY ASSESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS REFLECTIONS ON THE NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETY IN THE MAKING, USING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES AND ANALYSIS TOOLS APPROPRIATE TO THE PURPOSE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCIPLINES IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND TO BE ABLE TO ELABORATE APPROPRIATE ANALYSES OF THE PHENOMENA THEY STUDY BY EFFECTIVELY APPLYING PARADIGMS AND CONCEPTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE AREA OF THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE TEACHING AIMS AT FOSTERING IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY APPLY THE THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS LEARNED, ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO THE METHOD AND TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS AND TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN, ORGANISE AND MANAGE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTARY DATABASES. AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO AUTONOMOUSLY ASSESS THE HEURISTIC CAPACITY OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES RELATED TO THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY AND THE RELATED MODIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED LIFE, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA THAT REGULATE THEIR FUNCTIONING AND REPRODUCTION. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES RELATED TO THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY MAKING USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY AND THE TOOLS OF ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN PHENOMENA DESCRIBED. LEARNING SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND GREY MATERIAL RELATED TO THE FIELD OF THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, ALSO IN THE LANGUAGE; TO PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN THE STUDENT THE SKILLS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE ANALYSIS, VERIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES APPLIED TO THE ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. IN PARTICULAR, THE MAIN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE A SOLID BASIC PREPARATION IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE NEOLIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; 2) TO CHARACTERISE THE TRAINING WITH A BROAD PREPARATION IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES IN ORDER TO ENSURE MASTERY OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE PROCESSES OF NEOLIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; 3) TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE SOCIAL CRISIS AND THE RELATED MALAISE OR PATHOLOGIES OF THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENT TO IT; 4) TO DEVELOP SKILLS AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH CLASSROOM TEACHING ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER STUDENT-TEACHER INTERACTION AND THAT OF STUDENTS AMONG THEMSELVES (ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, TO WORK IN GROUPS, TO NEGOTIATE) AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM SETTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; 5) TO DEVELOP SKILLS AIMED AT MASTERING THE USE OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS; 6) TO STIMULATE STUDENTS TO RESPONSIBLY ASSESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS REFLECTIONS ON THE NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETY IN THE MAKING, USING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES AND ANALYSIS TOOLS APPROPRIATE TO THE PURPOSE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCIPLINES IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND TO BE ABLE TO ELABORATE APPROPRIATE ANALYSES OF THE PHENOMENA THEY STUDY BY EFFECTIVELY APPLYING PARADIGMS AND CONCEPTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE AREA OF THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE TEACHING AIMS AT FOSTERING IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY APPLY THE THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS LEARNED, ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO THE METHOD AND TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS AND TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN, ORGANISE AND MANAGE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTARY DATABASES.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO AUTONOMOUSLY ASSESS THE HEURISTIC CAPACITY OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES RELATED TO THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY AND THE RELATED MODIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED LIFE, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA THAT REGULATE THEIR FUNCTIONING AND REPRODUCTION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES RELATED TO THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY MAKING USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY AND THE TOOLS OF ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN PHENOMENA DESCRIBED.

LEARNING SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO USE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND GREY MATERIAL RELATED TO THE FIELD OF THE NEO-LIBERALISATION OF SOCIETY; TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, ALSO IN THE LANGUAGE; TO PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

	Prerequisites
	NESSUNO

	Contents
	THE EDUCATIONAL AIM OF THE TEACHING OF GENERAL SOCIOLOGY IT IS TO REFLECT ON NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC CRISIS, TO QUESTION THE FUTURE IN A SITUATION OF PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY, CAUSED BY THE CHANGE IN THE HORIZONS OF ASSOCIATED LIFE. THE BASIC IDEA OF TEACHING IS TO LINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY TO THE CONCEPTS OF SOCIETY, OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF MODERNITY, CONFIGURING ITSELF AS A CLASSROOM STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION. IT IS STRUCTURED IN AN INSTITUTIONAL PART AND IN A MONOGRAPHIC PART DEDICATED TO THE EFFECTS OF COVID. FIRST PART: WITHOUT RENOUNCING TO A PHILOLOGICALLY ANCHORED RECONSTRUCTION, HERE ARE ILLUSTRATED THE ABILITY OF CLASSICAL AUTHORS TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TODAY: FROM THE PHENOMENA OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE METAMORPHOSIS OF CAPITALISM, TO THE RELATIONAL AND SOCIETAL DYNAMICS OF MODERN SOCIETIES, COMPLEX AND PLURAL. SECOND PART: THIS PART INSTEAD ILLUSTRATES THE FOUNDATIONS OF A SOCIOLOGY OF COVID.

Contents

THE EDUCATIONAL AIM OF THE TEACHING OF GENERAL SOCIOLOGY IT IS TO REFLECT ON NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC CRISIS, TO QUESTION THE FUTURE IN A SITUATION OF PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY, CAUSED BY THE CHANGE IN THE HORIZONS OF ASSOCIATED LIFE.
THE BASIC IDEA OF TEACHING IS TO LINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY TO THE CONCEPTS OF SOCIETY, OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF MODERNITY, CONFIGURING ITSELF AS A CLASSROOM STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION. IT IS STRUCTURED IN AN INSTITUTIONAL PART AND IN A MONOGRAPHIC PART DEDICATED TO THE EFFECTS OF COVID.

FIRST PART: WITHOUT RENOUNCING TO A PHILOLOGICALLY ANCHORED RECONSTRUCTION, HERE ARE ILLUSTRATED THE ABILITY OF CLASSICAL AUTHORS TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TODAY: FROM THE PHENOMENA OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE METAMORPHOSIS OF CAPITALISM, TO THE RELATIONAL AND SOCIETAL DYNAMICS OF MODERN SOCIETIES, COMPLEX AND PLURAL.

SECOND PART: THIS PART INSTEAD ILLUSTRATES THE FOUNDATIONS OF A SOCIOLOGY OF COVID.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE WILL USE TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS, ORAL EXPOSITION OF THE TOPICS, AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, WITH THE HELP OF ELECTRONIC TOOLS. IT WILL, HOWEVER, ALSO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION IN THE CLASSROOM BY STRONGLY SUPPORTING DISCUSSION AND THE INTERVENTION OF THE STUDENTS, SO AS TO FACILITATE THEIR ACTIVE AND ENGAGING SKILLS. FINALLY, THE COURSE AIMS TO FACILITATE STUDENTS' LEARNING ABILITY BY ACTIVATING THE POSSIBLE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND LAND INCREASE THEIR LEVEL OF ATTENTION.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE WILL USE TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS, ORAL EXPOSITION OF THE TOPICS, AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, WITH THE HELP OF ELECTRONIC TOOLS. IT WILL, HOWEVER, ALSO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION IN THE CLASSROOM BY STRONGLY SUPPORTING DISCUSSION AND THE INTERVENTION OF THE STUDENTS, SO AS TO FACILITATE THEIR ACTIVE AND ENGAGING SKILLS. FINALLY, THE COURSE AIMS TO FACILITATE STUDENTS' LEARNING ABILITY BY ACTIVATING THE POSSIBLE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND LAND INCREASE THEIR LEVEL OF ATTENTION.

	Verification of learning
	THE EVALUATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE VOTE, EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS MORE EVENTUAL 'DISTINCTION', IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS OF THE ORAL EXPOSITION: COMMUNICATION SKILLS, CRITICAL-DESCRIPTIVE SKILLS OF THE QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION, APPROPRIATENESS OF DEFINITIONS AND THEORETICAL REFERENCES, MASTERY OF CONTENTS. THE 'DISTINCTION' IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND SHOWS REMARKABLE OWNERSHIP OF LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS.

Verification of learning

THE EVALUATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE VOTE, EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS MORE EVENTUAL 'DISTINCTION', IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS OF THE ORAL EXPOSITION: COMMUNICATION SKILLS, CRITICAL-DESCRIPTIVE SKILLS OF THE QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION, APPROPRIATENESS OF DEFINITIONS AND THEORETICAL REFERENCES, MASTERY OF CONTENTS. THE 'DISTINCTION' IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND SHOWS REMARKABLE OWNERSHIP OF LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS.

	Texts
	M. PENDENZA, IL GOVERNO DELLA SOCIETA', CASTELVECCHI, ROMA, 2024 M. PENDENZA, D. VERDERAME, L'UTOPIA MANCATA, MIMESIS, MILANO, 2024

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