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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Alessandro Capone CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

0312500114
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
PHILOSOPHY
2023/2024

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS
ALESSANDRO CAPONE T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR POLITICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY REVOLUTIONS TO THE END OF THE COLD WAR.

IN THIS WAY, THE COURSE AIMS TO GIVE STUDENTS A GOOD GRASP OF HISTORICAL PROCESSES AND THE MAIN INTERPRETATIVE MODELS OF THE CONTEMPORARY AGE IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
Prerequisites
A GOOD BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY AND OF HIGH-SCHOOL MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY CURRICULA.
Contents
THE COURSE DEALS WITH SOME OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL JUNCTURES OF THE LATE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE: THE FORMATION OF MODERN POLITICS AND NATION-STATES; THE EXPANSION, CRISES AND REORGANISATION PROCESSES OF IMPERIAL SYSTEMS; THE EMERGENCE OF MASS SOCIETY; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND GLOBALISATION PROCESSES; THE CHARACTERS OF THE GREAT IDEOLOGIES AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS; THE ROLE OF WAR, THE DYNAMICS AND POWER RELATIONS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM. SOME LECTURES WILL BE SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED TO ITALIAN HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTING ITS CONNECTIONS WITH BROADER GLOBAL SCENARIOS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES; CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH STUDENTS AND VERIFICATION OF LEARNING IN PROGRESS; STUDENTS' TALKS ON SOME OF THE BOOKS PROPOSED FROM AMONG THOSE OF THEIR CHOICE.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE TWO TEXTBOOK VOLUMES AND THE CHOSEN MONOGRAPHS (SEE LIST BELOW).

STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE CLASS MAY CHOOSE GIVE A TALK ON ONE OF THE SELECTED BOOKS OR PAIRS OF BOOKS. THE MODALITIES OF THE TALK AND THE SELECTED BOOKS MUST BE AGREED IN ADVANCE WITH THE LECTURER. THE BOOK OR PAIR OF BOOKS PRESENTED IN THE TALK WILL NOT BE THE SUBJECT OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION. THE FINAL GRADE WILL THEREFORE BE DETERMINED BY THE AVERAGE OF THE SEMINAR GRADE AND THE ORAL EXAM GRADE.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS MUST STUDY TWO FURTHER MONOGRAPHS AMONG THOSE INDICATED IN POINTS B AND C.
Texts
A) TEXTBOOK

TOMMASO DETTI AND GIOVANNI GOZZINI, STORIA CONTEMPORANEA, VOL. 1: L’OTTOCENTO; VOL. 2: IL NOVECENTO, PEARSON 2022 (OR PREVIOUS EDITIONS)


B) 19TH CENTURY HISTORY - A BOOK AMONG THE FOLLOWING (ANY EDITION):

1.ALAN TAYLOR, RIVOLUZIONI AMERICANE. UNA STORIA CONTINENTALE, 1750-1804, EINAUDI 2017
2.CHRISTOPHER BAYLY, LA NASCITA DEL MONDO MODERNO, 1780-1914, EINAUDI 2009
3.JEREMY POPKIN, UN MONDO NUOVO INIZIA. LA STORIA DELLA RIVOLUZIONE FRANCESE, EINAUDI 2021
4.GEORGES LEFEBVRE, NAPOLEONE, LATERZA 2015
5.LINDA COLLEY, NAVI PENNE CANNONI. GUERRE, COSTITUZIONI E LA CREAZIONE DEL MONDO MODERNO, RIZZOLI 2022
6.CARMINE PINTO, LA GUERRA PER IL MEZZOGIORNO. ITALIANI, BORBONICI E BRIGANTI, LATERZA 2019
7.CLOTILDE BERTONI, NEL NOME DI DREYFUS. LA STORIA PUBBLICA DI UN CASO DI COSCIENZA, IL MULINO 2024
8.ETTORE CINNELLA, 1905. LA VERA RIVOLUZIONE RUSSA, DELLA PORTA 2008


C) 20TH CENTURY HISTORY - A BOOK OR A PAIR OF BOOKS AMONG THE FOLLOWING (ANY EDITION):

1.ARNALDO TESTI, IL SECOLO DEGLI STATI UNITI, IL MULINO 2022 TOGETHER WITH ARNALDO TESTI, I FASTIDI DELLA STORIA. QUALE AMERICA RACCONTANO I MONUMENTI, IL MULINO 2023
2.ETTORE CINNELLA, 1917. LA RUSSIA VERSO L’ABISSO, DELLA PORTA 2017
3.LAWRENCE SONDHAUS, LA PRIMA GUERRA MONDIALE. UNA RIVOLUZIONE GLOBALE, EINAUDI 2018
4.ENZO TRAVERSO, A FERRO E FUOCO. LA GUERRA CIVILE EUROPEA, 1914-1945, IL MULINO 2008 TOGETHER WITH BERNARD BRUNETEAU, IL SECOLO DEI GENOCIDI, IL MULINO 2005
5.TIMOTHY SNYDER, TERRE DI SANGUE. L’EUROPA NELLA MORSA DI HITLER E STALIN, RIZZOLI 2011
6.TONY JUDT, POSTWAR. LA NOSTRA STORIA, 1945-2005, LATERZA 2017
7.YANG JISHENG, LAPIDI. LA GRANDE CARESTIA IN CINA, ADELPHI 2024
8.BENNY MORRIS, VITTIME. STORIA DEL CONFLITTO ARABO-SIONISTA, 1881-2001, RIZZOLI 2003
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