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Political philosophy and sexuality (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S007348
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/01 - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Period
Sem. 1A dal Sep 21, 2020 al Oct 31, 2020.
Learning outcomes
Western political thought has extensively concealed sexual differences behind the principle of the alleged equality of all individuals before the law. This course provides examples of critical philosophies that, on the contrary, have interrogated the relationship between politics and sexuality from the point of view of so-called ‘sexual minorities’, and have consequently developed new interpretative frames to understand the subject, collectivity, and political action.
At the end of the course, students will have to prove that they:
- accurately know the subjects of the program,
- are able to expose them in a consequential and concise way,
- have acquired independent judgement.
Program
Course title:
The Political Sexual: Freud, Fanon, Mieli, Foucault
Course contents (for both attending and non-attending students):
1. From 1900 onwards, a by now broad tradition of critical thinking has been problematizing the relationship between politics and sexuality. Firstly, the course will focus on three theoretical approaches that, each in its way, have engaged with the concepts of drive, desire and identification, developing different visions of that relationship: Freudomarxist theories of sexual liberation, social constructivist theories of sexuality and gender, antisocial queer theories.
2. Secondly, the course will try to mediate between constructivism and antisocial theories in the analysis of the monstrification of black man's sexuality made by decolonial, anti-racist, and feminist theories.
Methods:
Seminar classes, topic discussions.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Davis | Donne, razza e classe | Alegre | 2018 | Soltanto il cap. 11 Stupro, razzismo e il mito dello stupratore nero. | |
| Mario Mieli | Elementi di critica omosessuale | Feltrinelli | 2002 | Soltanto il cap. I Il desiderio omosessuale è universale, pp. 13-62. | |
| Lorenzo Bernini | Il sessuale politico: Freud con Marx, Fanon, Foucault | Edizioni ETS | 2019 | 9788846755629 | Sono da considerarsi obbligatori, ai fini dell'esame: Prologo Merde alors!, cap. I L'arrosto di maiale, l'Epilogo Le iene nella sauna, pp. 9-58 e pp. 247-273. Gli altri capitoli sono letture facoltative, caldamente consigliate a tutte/i, ma soprattutto alle/agli studenti non frequentanti: non saranno nel dettaglio argomento dell'interrogazione di esame, ma illustrano il percorso teorico che verrà effettuato durante il corso attraverso i testi dell'autrice e degli autori in programma. |
| Michel Foucault | La volontà di sapere: Storia della sessualità 1 | Feltrinelli | 2013 | Soltanto il cap. II L’ipotesi repressiva e il cap. IV Il dispositivo di sessualità, pp. 19-48 e 69-117. | |
| Lorenzo Bernini | Le teorie queer: Un’introduzione | Mimesis | 2017 | Soltanto i capp. I e III, Teoria critica e filosofia politica, Elementi di teoria queer, pp. 13-54 e 115-213. | |
| Frantz Fanon | Pelle nera, maschere bianche | Edizioni ETS | 2015 | Soltanto Introduzione, capp. 4-5-6 (Sul presunto complesso di dipendenza del colonizzato, L'esperienza vissuta del Nero, Il Negro e la psicopatologia), A mo' di conclusione, pp. 25-31, 87-188, 201-208. | |
| Sigmund Freud | Tre saggi sulla teoria sessuale. Al di là del principio di piacere | Bollati Boringhieri | 2012 | Soltanto il secondo dei Tre saggi sulla teoria sessuale, La sessualità infantile, pp. 58-93. |
Examination Methods
For both attending and non-attending students: oral exam (from January to September 2021).
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 will be held online.
