HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS (XIXTH AND XXTH CENTURIES)

Luca POLESE REMAGGI HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS (XIXTH AND XXTH CENTURIES)

0322100088
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 92 CFU08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 92 CFU08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GENNAIO20/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GENNAIO20/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE DEEP AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAJOR MOMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF REFERENCE, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE STORIOGRAPHY OF THE AGE.

THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW THE DISCIPLINARY FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GREAT THEMES OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF THE MAJOR MOMENTS, SEEN THROUGH THE TESTIMONY OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL SOURCES;
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE INSTITUTIONAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, FOCUSING ON THE MOST CHARACTERIZING MOMENTS OF THE ENCOUNTER WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES DURING THE LONG PERIOD.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- APPLY THE ACQUIRED METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE EXEGESIS OF INSTITUTIONAL TEXTS IN THE CONTEXT OF A HISTORICAL SURVEY;
- ASK QUESTIONS TO A TEXT, READ THE DOCUMENTS AND TEXTS OF THE TRADITION AND CONDUCT A RESEARCH ON TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE DISCIPLINE;
- CRITICALLY USE ANCIENT SOURCES AND MODERN BIBLIOGRAPHY, OUTLINE WITH AUTONOMY AND WITH A CRITICAL SENSE A HISTORICAL RESEARCH THEME AND IMPOSING A RIGOROUS AND INNOVATIVE WORK;
- ACT PROFESSIONALLY IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD OF WORK CONCERNING THE STUDIES OF INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL;
- IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHIC WORKS AND THE FACTS OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH;
- EXAMINING WITH PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF HISTORICAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD;
- ELABORATE AND APPLY ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS TO THE HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS IN A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OVERCOMING THE EUROCENTRIC VISION, FAVORING A WIDE AND GLOBAL OF THE EVENTS AS POSSIBLE
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- SELECT THE PROBLEMS CONNECTED TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" THE HISTORICAL STUDY, OR TO FIND IN THE TRADITION OF THE PAST THE TRACES OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF OUR MOST STRINGING CONTEMPORANEITY;
- IDENTIFY THE MAIN HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF THE MOST GENERAL HORIZON OF RELATIONS AND INTERLACES BETWEEN HISTORICAL EVENTS AND PROCESSES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD;
- DISCOVER NEW KEYS TO READING AND INTERPRETING THE IDEA OF CONTEMPORARY IDENTITY, ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE PAST THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF UNEXPLORED RELATIONS BETWEEN EPISODES AND PHENOMENA, WHICH ARE PLACED WELL BEYOND THE LOCAL OR REGIONAL HISTORICAL SCALE.

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- SUPPORTING CONVERSATIONS ON MULTIPLE THEMES SHOWING A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL GUIDELINES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ISSUES WITH OWN PROCESSING, THROUGH TEXTS, CARDS OR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS.

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE THE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND THE COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA ARCHIVING;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY TEXTS;
- PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, USING THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO ORIENT THEMSELVES CRITICALLY, AND WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, IN THE HISTORICAL EVENTS AND PROCESSES COVERED BY THE COURSE. AN EFFORT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY REWORK THE CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED
Contents
THE CRISIS OF PUBLIC POWERS ORGANISED ON A NATIONAL BASIS REQUIRES AN INVESTIGATION OF THOSE FORMS OF POLITICS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY CALL STATE AND NATION. THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO TRACE THE COMPLEX EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS THEY HAVE EMERGED IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERNITY. THE TENSION BETWEEN THE STATE FOUNDED ON ARISTOCRATIC PRIVILEGES AND THE ABSOLUTE STATE IS OUR STARTING POINT, ALTHOUGH THE FIRST MAJOR TURNING POINT STILL APPEARS TO BE THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS WITH THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN NATION-STATE AT ITS CENTRE. THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE IS DEVOTED TO THE COMPLEX 19TH CENTURY EVOLUTION - THE NAPOLEONIC STATE AND ITS LEGACY, THE RANGE OF INSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED DURING THE RESTORATION, THE EMERGENCE OF THE LIBERAL NATIONAL STATE ON A CENSUS BASIS AND FINALLY ITS INEVITABLE TRANSFORMATION INTO A DEMOCRACY. THE GREAT WAR AS AN INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OPENS THE THIRD PART, IN WHICH THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE WELFARE PROCESS (LINKED TO THE DEFINITION OF SOCIAL RIGHTS) ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE PROBLEM OF TOTALITARIANISM, I.E. THE TYRANNICAL REGIMES OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT THAT TOOK SHAPE AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, ON THE OTHER. THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE BUILDS ON THE TURNING POINT OF 1945, I.E. THE RE-FOUNDING OF WESTERN EUROPEAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COLD WAR.
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING INCLUDES SOME MOMENTS OF REFLECTION AND DEBATE WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE END OF EACH TEACHING BLOCK. SPACE WILL BE GIVEN, IN KEEPING WITH THE NATURE OF THE COURSE, TO THE PROBLEM OF SOURCES AND THEIR METHODOLOGY. WITHIN EACH TEACHING BLOCK, THE LECTURES ARE ORGANISED AS FOLLOWS: IN THE FIRST HOUR, THE PROFESSOR PRESENTS THE TOPIC AND ITS HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS; IN THE SECOND HOUR, MORE SPACE IS GIVEN TO DIALOGUE WITH THE STUDENTS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR ACQUISITIONS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM INCLUDES THE CONDUCTION OF A FINAL WRITTEN EXAM ON THE TOPICS COVERED AND PROVIDED IN THE STUDY PROGRAM


Texts
- H. SCHULZE, AQUILE E LEONI. STATO E NAZIONE IN EUROPA, LATERZA, BARI, 1995
- M. FIORAVANTI, LO STATO MODERNO IN EUROPA, BARI, LATERZA, 2019.
- G. L. MOSSE, LA NAZIONALIZZAZIONE DELLE MASSE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO
More Information
- STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE PREVIOUS COHORTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE PROGRAM OF THEIR COURSE YEAR OR THAT OF THE 2024/25 ACADEMIC YEAR;
- ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PROFESSOR
Lessons Timetable

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