Teaching code

4S010546

Credits

9

Coordinator

Ilaria Possenti

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/02 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT

Courses Single

Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide an historical and theoretical understanding of the paradigms of globalization, State, and political and social citizenship.
Finally, the students will be able to grasp general elements and specific aspects of both the dominant models of western political thought and the manifold criticism of current globalization forms and trends.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of political philosophy and modern and contemporary history.

Program

HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICS.
FROM MODERN REVOLUTIONS TO HANNAH ARENDT'S POLITICAL THOUGHT
The first part of the Course presents a historical path relating to the theories and criticisms of human rights, presenting fundamental themes and concepts and paying particular attention to the eighteenth-century Declarations of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, to the nineteenth-twentieth-century constitutionalization of rights, to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and to three emblematic critical perspectives (Olympe de Gouges, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt).
The second part of the course focuses on a rereading of Hannah Arendt's political thought starting from a short essay by Richard Bernstein and "We Refugees" by Hannah Arendt.
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EXAM TEXTS
1) Alessandra Facchi, "Breve storia dei diritti umani", Il Mulino 2013
2) R. Bernstein, "Hannah Arendt. La politica tra crisi e rivoluzione", ombre corte 2022
3) H. Arendt, "Noi rifugiati", Einaudi 2022, pp. 3-30.
The program is valid for attending and non-attending students.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal lessons and semi-structured and unstructured discussion activities in the classroom.
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SUPPORT MATERIAL FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
1) slides presented during the lessons and uploaded to Moodle (trace of the topics ).
2) the following optional readings:
- D. Bassi, "Introduzione", in R. Bernstein, "Hannah Arendt. La politica tra crisi e rivoluzione", ombre corte, 2022, pp. 7-18.
- I. Possenti, "Pensare a ciò che facciamo. Su un'urgenza arendtiana", in H. Arendt, "Lavoro, opera, azione", ombre corte, 2021, pp. 65-76.
- I. Possenti, "Postfazione. Pensare il politico con il sociale: Arendt e Bernstein", in R. Bernstein, "Hannah Arendt. La politica tra crisi e rivoluzione", ombre corte, 2022, pp. 113-129.
- D. Di Cesare, "Hannah Arendt e i diritti dei rifugiati", in ombre corte, 2022, H. Arendt, "Noi rifugiati", Einaudi 2022, pp. 33-89.
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MOODLE and EMAIL NOTICES
Registration on the Course's Moodle page is essential for both attending and non-attending students.
Consulting the Univr email is equally important (email notifications may arrive in real time).
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STUDENT OFFICE AND FURTHER INFORMATION
Please consult the following link: https://www.dsu.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=20137

Learning assessment procedures

Oral exam divided into two parts and aimed at the presentation and discussion of two topics (one relating to the first module and one relating to the second module).

Evaluation criteria

- Knowledge acquired
- Argumentation skills
- Critical thinking

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

50% Knowledge acquired
25% Argumentation skills
25%: Critical thinking

Exam language

Italiano