CODE 104931 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE DELL'AMMINISTRAZIONE E DELLA POLITICA 11161 (L-16) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/02 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course presents the outlines of the History of Political Thought from Ancient times to the state being contemporary. The analysis of the most remarkable authors on political power, its characteristics and forms will be examined in depth. They will be studied through a historical and problematic contextualization. Therefore, the history of the debate on politics will be reconstructed by stressing its links to the socio-political contexts and its ideological implications. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at allowing student to know and comprehend the crucial elements of the History of Political Thought in the period that spans from the Ancient times till the 20th century, through the contextualization and the analysis of the more significant theories AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at allowing student to know and comprehend the crucial elements of the History of Political Thought in the period that spans from the Ancient times till the 20th century, through the contextualization and the analysis of the more significant theories. TEACHING METHODS The teaching involves 54 hours (equivalent to 9 CFUs). The course will be held in a blended mode, i.e., in-person, but with concurrent lecture delivery via the Teams platform (code: e8fb58k) SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1) Politics in ancient Greece 2) Socrates 3) Plato 4) Aristotle 5) Cicero 6) Religion and politics: Christianity 7) Augustine of Hippo 8)Thomas Aquinas 9) Dante, Marsilius 10) Machiavelli 11) Bodin, Suarez 12) The “ragion di Stato” 13) Hobbes 14) Spinoza 15) Locke 16) Vico 17) Montesquieu 18) Rousseau 19) Hume e Smith 20) The Federalist Papers 21) Burke 22) Kant 23) Hegel 24) Owen 25) Saint-Simon 26) Constant 27) Tocqueville 28) Rosmini 29) Mazzini 30) Proudhon 31) Marx, Engels 32) Stuart Mill RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Suggested readings - M. D’ADDIO, Storia delle dottrine politiche, Genova, ECIG, 2002. - A. ARIENZO - S. DE LUCA (eds.), Protego ergo obligo. Ordine, sicurezza e legittimazione nella storia del pensiero politico, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2019. 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. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA CATANZARO Ricevimento: On appointment, generally on Thursday morning (9-11 am) at Albergo Dei Poveri (Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche - Piazzale E. Brignole 3 a, Torre centrale - 4th floor). Otherwise on Teams (channel code: tz7ou3u) To arrange an appointment, please write to this email address: andrea.catanzaro@unige.it. Exam Board ANDREA CATANZARO (President) ALBERTO DE SANCTIS ARIANNA BETTIN (Substitute) MARIA ANTONIETTA FALCHI (Substitute) CARLO MORGANTI (Substitute) STEFANO PARODI (Substitute) DAVIDE SUIN (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START 13th February 2023 Timetable Monday: 10.00-12.00 am Tuesday: 8.00-10.00 am Wednesday: 8.00-10.00 am Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam is aimed at assessing the acquired skills by the student in analysing political ideas and political theories from a critical perspective and in using them in comprehending contemporary world politics. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 12/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale 26/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale 25/05/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale 15/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale 13/07/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale 13/09/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Students with certification of DSA (Special educational needs), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the contact person Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the lecturer at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination modalities that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning patterns and provide suitable compensatory tools.