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Teaching code

4S001232

Coordinator

Tiziana Faitini

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/02 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT

Period

2° semestre lezioni Trento dal Feb 17, 2025 al May 30, 2025.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The course aims at providing examples of the contribution that History of political doctrines can give to the critical comprehension of political problems of current affairs. 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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of the history of modern philosophy

Program

The course aims to analyse concepts such as ‘totalitarianism’, ‘anti-Semitism’, ‘imperialism’, ‘racism’ and ‘extermination’ through the historical and philosophical enquiry developed by Hannah Arendt in her masterpiece ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’ (1951). At a moment in history when anti-Semitism, on the one hand, and systematic contempt for human rights, on the other, return to the centre of our everyday political scene, what can the analysis of Stalinism, Fascism and Nazism presented by a scholar forced to flee Germany in the 1930s teach us?

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Lectures, common reading, discussion of the text in presence and on Moodle

Learning assessment procedures

Oral examination, with open-ended questions.

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

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation process will take into account the correctness of the content, the use of specific terminology, the coherent structure of the speech, the ability to link different concepts and to contextualise a text.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final score (marks out of thirties) will be the result of the evaluation of the final examination (80% of the score) and of the on-going evaluation of the participation in the discussion (20% of the final score).

Exam language

Italiano o inglese

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