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Multiculturalism and theories of recognition (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S004498
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
Period
Sem. IIA dal Feb 26, 2018 al Apr 21, 2018.
Learning outcomes
Learning purpose: The course aims at a critical analysis of the cultural identity claim movements, with the aim to put out elements of similarity and differences with the struggles for recognition. Although the movements of defense of cultural identities can be traced within the wider riverbed of struggles for recognition, the different articulation between individual rights and collective rights is the hallmark of the two movements, with a view to promoting multicultural policies not it can be overlooked and omitted.
The workshop aims to give to the students the cognitive tools to develop a personal and critical approach to the theme of recognition, conjugated to its various implications: individual rights vs collective rights; community vs society; neo-communitarian vs contractualism; individual freedom and gender perspective, communitas vs immunitas; justice and equity.
Program
Course programme: From the "struggles for recognition" can be a first step to open a reflection on the sense of belonging, of rootedness in the late modern society. In the cultural debate, it emerges the centrality of the concept of community, rooted in a world of life, rather than space is relational and oriented according to the direction, in which the differences more than balance out and confused tend to identify.
During the course will be presented the most relevant theories on justice, equality, diversity, the concept of dignity and decent life.
Frequency is compulsory.
Didactic Modes: After introducing the lecturer on multiculturalism and recognition struggles, each student will develop a critical analysis of one of the topics discussed in the lab, starting with reading one of the texts included in the list. The presentation, oral, also with slide support, will be discussed within the group of participants.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Sasken | Espulsioni | Il Mulino | 2015 | ||
| M. Nussbaum | Giustizia sociale e dignità umana | il Mulino | 2002 | ||
| M. Nussbaum | L'approccio delle capacità | 2004 | |||
| Vincenzo Cesareo | Società multietniche e multiculturalismi | Vita e Pensiero | 2004 |
Examination Methods
Methods of assessment:
Presentation and discussion with all laboratory participants of one of the selected texts in the following list. The presentation is individual.
At the end of each discussion, a thirty-one vote will be given to the student who submitted the presentation.
Books LIst
• J. Habermas, C. Taylor, Multiculturalismo. Lotte per il riconoscimento, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2007
• R. Sennett, Rispetto. La dignità umana in un mondo di diseguali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2004
• M. Nussbaum, Giustizia sociale e dignità umana, il Mulino, Bologna, 2012
• M. Nussbaum, Creare capacità, il Mulino, Bologna, 2013
• N. Frazer, A.Honneth, Redistribuzione o riconoscimento. Una controversia politico-filosofica, Meltemi, Roma, 2007
• S. Sassen, Espulsioni. Brutalità e complessità nell'economia globale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2015
• P. Di Nicola, "Riconoscimento e rispetto. La dialettica ego-alter nella società della diversità", in Sociologia Italiana, n. 6, 2015, pp.43-60
• S. Benhabib, La rivendicazione dell’identità culturale. Uguaglianza e diversità nell’era globale, Il mulino, Bologna, 2005
• Honneth, Capitalismo e riconoscimento, University Press, Firenze, 2010
• V. Cesareo, Società multietniche e multiculturalismi, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2000
• A.B. Seligman, La scommessa della modernità. L’autorità, il Sé e la trascendenza, Meltemi, Roma, 2002
• M. Sandel, Giustizia. Il nostro bene comune, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2010
• G. Baumann, L'enigma multiculturale. Stati, etnie, religioni. La richiesta di giustizia sociale e di uguaglianza al di là di tutte le differenze culturali, Il Mulino, Bologna.
• Esposito R. (1998), Communitas. Origine e destino della comunità, Einaudi, Torino.
• Hochschild A. R. (2006), Per amore o per denaro. Il Mulino, Bologna.
• Sandel M.L. (2008), Contro la perfezione. L'etica nell'epoca dell'ingegneria genetica, Vita e Pensiero, Milano.
