The course aims at allowing students to know and to comprehend the crucial elements of the History of Political Thought in the period that spans from the Modern Age till the 20th century, through the contextualization and the analysis of the more significant theories.
The course consists of both frontal lessons and collective discussions.
1) Machiavelli
2) Bodin, Suarez
3) The “ragion di Stato”
4) Hobbes
5) Spinoza
6) Locke
7) Vico
8) Montesquieu
9) Rousseau
10) Hume e Smith
11) The Federalist Papers
12) Burke
13) Kant
14) Hegel
15) Owen
16) Saint-Simon
17) Constant
18) Tocqueville
19) Rosmini
20) Mazzini
21) Proudhon
22) Marx, Engels
23) Stuart Mill
Suggested readings
- M. D’ADDIO, Storia delle dottrine politiche, Genova, ECIG, 2002.
- C. MORGANTI, Comunità e Stato, Europa e Occidente. La politica secondo Guardini, Firenze, Centro Editoriale Toscano, (in corso di stampa).
Students who do not attend the course must study one of these supplementary texts:
- A. CATANZARO – F. Falchi - S. LAGI (a cura di), Monisms and Pluralisms in the History of Political and Social Models, Edizioni Epoké, Novi Ligure (AL), 2018.
- F. FALCHI, Giuseppe Mazzini: la democrazia europea e i diritti delle donne, Firenze, Centro Editoriale Toscano, 2011.
Ricevimento: Wednesdays 3-5 p.m. at Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche (DISPO) Piazzale E- Brignole 3 a, Torre centrale (3rd floor)
ANDREA CATANZARO (President)
ALBERTO DE SANCTIS
CARLO MORGANTI
Second semester
Oral exam
The exam is aimed at assessing the acquired skills by the students in analysing political ideas and political theories from a critical perspective and in using them in comprehending contemporary world politics.
