CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES

Adriano VINALE CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES

0322900098
DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
EQF7
SOCIOLOGY AND POLICY-MAKING FROM A TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
2022/2023



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
960LESSONS
Objectives
THE ANALYTICAL FOCUS OF THIS TEACHING IS ON TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY POLITICAL THEORIES. IT AIMS TO ILLUSTRATE AND MAKE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHICH ARE THE MAIN ISSUES OF POLITICAL REFLECTION FROM THE SECOND POST-WAR PERIOD TO TODAY.

DURING THE COURSE, WE WILL FIRST OF ALL PROCEED TO AN ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERALISM, BIOPOLITICS, COGNITIVE CAPITALISM, SOCIETY OF CONTROL, POST-TRUTH. IN A SECOND PHASE, WE WILL INSTEAD FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL PHILOSOPHIES.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE COURSE IS TO OFFER STUDENTS THOSE INDISPENSABLE TOOLS FOR A HERMENEUTICS OF THE PRESENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR WHAT CONCERNS SECURITY, EMERGENCY AND CONTROL POLICIES, GOVERNMENT OF THE LIVING, SOCIAL DIGITIZATION, AND DOCUMENTARY STRUCTURING OF THE ORDER OF SPEECH. A SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE STUDENTS ABLE TO DETECT WHERE THE THEORETICAL ELEMENTS OF DISSENT ARE GROUNDED AND HOW POLITICAL PRACTICES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MODIFY THE PRESENT AND ITS STRUCTURES.


Prerequisites
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. IN THE FIRST PART IT WILL BE PRESENTED WESTERN CONTEMPORARY POLTIICAL THOUGHT. IN THE SECOND, STUDENTS WILL BE GUIDED IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MONOGRAPHIC TEXTS.
Teaching Methods
EVEN IF TEACHER-CENTRED LESSONS WILL BE THE CORE OF THE COURSE, INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH WORKS, WRITTEN ESSAYS AND GROUP RESEARCHES WILL BE OFTEN IMPLEMENTED.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE AT THE END OF THE COURSE, AND IT WILL BE ORAL. IT WILL CONSIST IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST AIMING TO VERIFY THE GENERAL CAPACITY OF ORIENTATION IN WESTERN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT, THE SECOND AIMING TO VERIFY THE STUDENT CAPACITY OF TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION.
Texts
- CIOFFI - LUPPI - VIGORELLI - ZANETTE - BIANCHI, ARCHÉ (MONDADORI), VOLUME 3, PARTI SCELTE

- A. M . LORUSSO, POSTVERITÀ (LATERZA)

- C. SUNSTEIN: #REPUBLIC.COM. LA DEMOCRAZIA NELL'EPOCA DEI SOCIAL MEDIA (IL MULINO)

- M. BENASAYAG: FUNZIONARE O ESISTERE? (VITA E PENSIERO)
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