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HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGTH

Pasquale SERRA HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGTH

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DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
EQF6
SOCIOLOGY
2018/2019



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
960LESSONS


PASQUALE SERRA T Curriculum
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.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND AN INTEREST IN HISTORICAL POLITICAL RESEARCH
Contents
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED IN A GENERAL SECTION, IN WHICH THE MANUALIST PART IS EXPOSED, AND IN A MONOGRAPHIC PART, IN WHICH "IL PRINCIPE" DI MACHIAVELLI IS RECONSTRUCTED IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANTONIO GRAMSCI.
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.
Texts
COURSE BOOKS
1) ALAN RYAN, STORIA DEL PENSIERO POLITICO (UTET): CAPITOLI 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21;
2) N. MACHIAVELLI, IL PRINCIPE, QUALSIASI EDIZIONE;
3)A. GRAMSCI, NOTE SU MACHIAVELLI, PARTE PRIMA, EDITORI RIUNITI
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