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. CALABRÒ - M. LENCI (eds.), La democrazia liberale e i suoi critici, Soveria Mannelli (CZ), Rubettino Editore, 2017.
Students who do not attend the course must study one of these supplementary texts:
- A. CATANZARO - S. LAGI - F. FALCHI (eds.), Monisms and Pluralisms in the History of Political and Social Models, Novi Ligure (AL), Edizioni Epoké , 2018.
- F. FALCHI, Giuseppe Mazzini: la democrazia europea e i diritti delle donne, Firenze, Centro Editoriale Toscano, 2011.
- C. MORGANTI, Comunità e Stato, Europa e Occidente. La politica secondo Guardini, Firenze, Centro Editoriale Toscano, 2016.
Ricevimento: Thursday 2-4 p.m. at Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche (DISPO) Piazzale E. Brignole 3 a, Torre centrale (4th floor)
ANDREA CATANZARO (President)
ALBERTO DE SANCTIS
MARIA ANTONIETTA FALCHI
CARLO MORGANTI
STEFANO PARODI
DAVIDE SUIN
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.
