Studying at the University of Verona
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.
Study Plan
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
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Digital tools for historical research
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
1 module among the followingHistory of Medieval Art I
Medieval Latin Literature II
1 module among the following1 module between the followingHistory of Science and Technology - LM
1 module between the followingHistory of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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Digital tools for historical research
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
1 module among the followingHistory of Medieval Art I
Medieval Latin Literature II
1 module among the following1 module between the followingHistory of Science and Technology - LM
1 module between the followingHistory of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
History of Political Thought [Sede VR] (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S001232
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/02 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Period
1 B dal Nov 14, 2022 al Dec 22, 2022.
Location
VERONA
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
The course is introductory and does not require particular prerequisites.
Program
Course title:
Thinking war, thinking peace - in modernity and today
Contents of the course (both for attending students and for non-attending students):
1. The first module of the course will open with an introduction to political philosophy, aimed at illustrating the critical method by which texts and authors in the program will be discussed. Then it will present the main doctrines that have guided the functioning of politics in modernity (absolutism, liberalism, democracy, socialism) through the thought of four classical philosophers (Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx).
2. The second module of the course will present six interpretations of war and peace matured in modern political reflection: realist (Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt) and internationalist (Karl Marx, Nikolaj Lenin) concepts of war, the theory of just war (Francisco de Vitoria) and of regular war (Emer de Vattel), juridical (Immanuel Kant, HAns Kelsen) and radical pacifism (Erasmus from Rotterdam).
3. The third module of the course will present the feminist pacifism developed by Adriana Cavarero after the events of 11 September 2001 and the views expressed by Noam Chomsky on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the first months of the 2022 conflict. And it will highlight how the classical categories developed during modernity to justify war are inapplicable to the instruments of mass destruction of the present.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures, discussions on the topics in the program.
Classes will be held in-person, will be recorded, and will remain available for one year.
Learning assessment procedures
Both for attending and non-attending students, the exam will consist of an oral intyerrogation, lasting twenty / thirty minutes. Students are required to bring the exam texts with them.
The program will remain in effect for one year, then for six exam sessions (from January to September 2023).
Evaluation criteria
The following will be assessed:
- the relevance of the answers,
- the consequentiality of the arguments,
- the ability to reflect personally on the proposed topics.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
To pass the exam, the student must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of each module.
Exam language
Italiano
