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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 Scienze della comunicazione - 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.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-LIN/12
2nd foreign language
6
E
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activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-LIN/12
2nd foreign language
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Stage/laboratories
9
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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mMasterful

Teaching code

4S02208

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

First half of Semester 2  dal Feb 26, 2018 al Apr 21, 2018.

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

The course aims to understand the proper meaning of "loving" communication, the living objection to the "informational" and cybernetic paradigm with which, almost spontaneously, we are accustomed to interpret the meaning and scope of the encounter and the reciprocal exchange .

Program

LOVING COMMUNICATION

The first organic reflection that the West has produced on love is the "Symposium" of Plato. In this dialogue is displayed everything that literature and philosophy will say about love in the twenty-five centuries to come. Love is interpreted by Plato from a strict "communicational" perspective. Love is regarded as a form of "koinonìa", a sharing of singularities that needs the word in order to function. Love is something very close to a pedagogical relationship. This relationship is not, however, free of accidents, misunderstandings, traumas, accidents that, as we all know, may have a catastrophic outcome. What if in such catastrophe of the loving communication could be experienced as a surprising chance of success ?

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Mario Perniola Contro la comunicazione Einaudi 2004
Roland Barthes Frammenti di un discorso amoroso Einaudi 2014
Platone Simposio o Sull'Amore Feltrinelli 1995

Examination Methods

The assessment of the learning outcomes of the key concepts of philosophy of communication will be done by means of a written test concerning the program carried out during the course and especially the texts of the syllabus. The questions of the test will consist of 3 open questions about issues that require articulated and argued answers.

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