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The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 courses to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 courses to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activitites
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Teaching code

4S01118

Coordinator

Lorenzo Bernini

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/03 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Period

CuCi IIA dal Feb 15, 2021 al Apr 1, 2021.

Learning outcomes

Acquisition of particular skills and abilities in dealing with vocabulary and specific issues regarding the composition, functioning and role of modern political institutions (Eighteenth-Twentieth centuries).

Program

Course title:
Leprosy, plague, smallpox, covid-19: Michel Foucault, the State and us

Course content (for both attending and non-attending students):
1. Firstly, by focusing on classical political philosophers (Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Marx), the course will investigate the origin of key-concepts (individual, individual rights, representation, sovereignty) used to understand the State as an institution in modern – and sometimes contemporary – political thought, as well as the main political doctrines that shaped politics in modernity (absolutism, liberalism, democracy, socialism).

2. Secondly, the course will analyze Foucault’s critique to these concepts and doctrines as well as the new categories he coined (disciplinary power, biopolitics, pastoral power) in order to point out how, starting from the Twentieth Century, philosophy has looked at political institutions in a different way and has thus given way to a new era of thought.

The political management of endemics, epidemic, pandemics will be examined as an example to understand how different forms of power govern society.

Methods:
Lectures based on reading and interpretation of the texts and discussions.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Paul B. Preciado Le lezioni del virus, in "Internazionale", 9 maggio 2020, pp. 82-88 Internazionale S.p.a. 2020 Testo reperibile al link: https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/paul-preciado/2020/05/09/lezioni-virus
Lorenzo Bernini Le pecore e il pastore: Critica, politica, etica nel pensiero di Michel Foucault Liguori 2008
Stefano Petrucciani Modelli di filosofia politica Einaudi 2003 Soltanto le seguenti parti: cap. I. Territori e domande della filosofia politica, pp. 5-30; cap. IV. Il paradigma del contratto, paragrafi 1, 2, 4, 5, pp. 77-88 e 91-113; cap. V. Società civile e stato, par. 6, pp. 157-163; cap. VI. I Concetti della teoria politica, pp. 167-203.
Michel Foucault Nascita della biopolitica Feltrinelli 2015 Soltanto le seguenti parti: Lezione del 7 marzo 1979, pp.153-175; Lezione del 14 marzo 1979, pp. 176-193; Lezione del 21 marzo 1979, pp. 194-216.
Michel Foucault Sicurezza, territorio, popolazione Feltrinelli 2017 Soltanto le seguenti parti: Lezione dell'11 gennaio 1978, pp. 13-31; Lezione del 18 gennaio 1978, pp. 32-48; Lezione del 25 gennaio 1978, pp. 49-69; Lezione del 1° febbraio 1978, pp. 70-90; Lezione dell'8 febbraio 1978, pp. 91-104.

Examination Methods

Final exam:
For both attending and non-attending students: oral exam (from June 2021 to February 2022).
The students are required to bring the readings at the exam.

The evaluation will be based on:
- pertinence of the answers,
- consequentiality of the arguments,
- ability to think in a personal and independent way.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with the University of Verona guidelines, the oral exam may be held on line.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE