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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Laurea in Filosofia - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
M-FIL/03
Foreign language (CB Test) to be chosen between English, French, German, Spanish, Russian language
6
E
-

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

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-FIL/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-FIL/03
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
M-FIL/03
Foreign language (CB Test) to be chosen between English, French, German, Spanish, Russian language
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-FIL/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-FIL/03
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
2 modules to be chosen among the following
12
A
L-ANT/02
12
A
L-FIL-LET/02
12
A
L-FIL-LET/04
12
A
M-STO/01
12
A
L-ANT/03
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 2°- 3°
3 modules to be chosen among the following

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Teaching code

4S007529

Teacher

Luca Mori

Coordinator

Luca Mori

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 23, 2019 al Oct 31, 2019.

Learning outcomes

The general objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the theoretical-empirical reflections and acquisitions elaborated by sociology in relation to the different aspects of contemporary society, in order to identify the specific contribution of this discipline in characterizing the structural dynamics and processes changes that cross and qualify society.

Program

After having presented the main features of Durkheimian sociology, the course will focus on two of the most original innovators of this theoretical tradition, i. e. Erving Goffman and Pierre Bourdieu. On one hand, drawing on Goffman, we will discuss the social processes of construction of individuality and those regarding the ritual order of social interaction. On the other hand, drawing on Bourdieu, we will take into consideration concepts such as those of habitus, fields, symbolic capital and symbolic violence.

Prerequisites:
To fully understand the contents of the course it is not requested any particular knowledge, except some general notions of history of modern and contemporary philosophy.

CONTENTS:
Émile Durkheim
What is social order? The Durkheim's answer
Social sanctions and moral sanctions
The coercive nature of social facts and the role of emotions regarding social solidarity
Civil society, the State, and social solidarity
Religion, rituality and social solidarity

Erving Goffman
Being individual as a social fact;
the ritual construction of individuality: the face-work;
deference and demeanor as forms of self construction;
the ritual order and the social construction of reality;
the interaction order as a sui generis form of social order.

Pierre Bourdieu
The objectivism/subjectivism dilemma;
the interiorization of the social: the concept of habitus;
the exteriorization of the social: the concept of field;
the forms of capital: culture, economics, society symbols;
social order, social injustice and symbolic violence.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Bourdieu P. Campo del potere e campo intellettuale Manifestolibri 2002 SOLO pp. 51-82
Goffman E. Il rituale dell'interazione Il Mulino 1988 SOLO pp. 95-164
Goffman E. La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione Il Mulino 1997 SOLO pp. 95-164
Durkheim É. Le forme elementari della vita religiosa Meltemi 2005 SOLO pp. 243-297
Durkheim É. Le regole del metodo sociologico. Sociologia e Filosofia Edizioni di Comunità 1996 SOLO pp. 23-57 e pp. 165-206
Durkheim É. Lezioni di sociologia Etas 1973 SOLO pp. 91-100
Goffman E. L'ordine dell'interazione Armando 1998
Bourdieu P. Meditazioni pascaliane Feltrinelli  1998 SOLO pp. 135-216
Bourdieu P., Wacquant L. J. D. Risposte. Per un’antropologia riflessiva Bollati Boringhieri 1992 SOLO pp. 66-135
Bourdieu P. The forms of capital. In: J. Richardson, (ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education Greenwood. 1986

Examination Methods

The final exam will consist of a written test. The candidate will have to answer to 4 open questions in 2 hours of time. Three questions will deal with the topics presented and discussed during the course. The fourth question will try to elicit the critical analysis skills of the candidates. More clearly, the students will be asked to provide a personal reflection on some topics treated during the course (a comparison, a critical comment, an empirical exemplificaton, etc.)

EVALUATION CRITERIA:
- the degree of comprehension of the discipline;
- the degree of comprehension of the single concepts;
- the capacity of presenting theoretical problems;
- the mastery of the disciplinary lexicon;
- the capacity to connect different topics;
- The capacity to provide powerful empirical exemplification of the theoretical concepts discussed.

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