CODE 104970 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 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 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course explores the main problems of the contemporary political-philosophical debate. The object of study are the authors' analyses concerning political power, its characters, forms and protagonists. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course explores the main problems of contemporary political-philosophical debate. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the ability to critically interpret the debate on the most relevant aspects of politics and to infer elements of continuity and discontinuity with current affairs. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the ability to critically interpret the debate on the most relevant aspects of politics and to infer elements of continuity and discontinuity with current affairs. (UN-SDG: 4.7) 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: oqwwta8) SYLLABUS/CONTENT Themes, problems and authors of Contemporary Political Thought, with a particular focus on Mosca, Weber, Luxemburg, Gramsci, Potter Webb, Dewey, Weil, Kelsen, Schmitt, Morgenthau, Arendt, Aron, Wight, and Rawls. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Suggested readings 1) Handbook: - R. Gherardi (ed.), La politica e gli Stati. Problemi e figure del pensiero occidentale, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2022 (First section, chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; second section: Mosca, Weber, Luxemburg, Gramsci, Potter Webb, Dewey, Weil, Kelsen, Schmitt, Morgenthau, Arendt, Aron, Wight, Rawls) 2) One of the following text at student’s choice: - H. Arendt, Le origini del totalitarismo. - E. Canetti, Massa e potere. - W. Lippmann, L’opinione pubblica. - J. Ortega y Gasset, La ribellione delle masse. - G. Le Bon, Psicologia delle folle. 3) One of the following text at student’s choice: - N. Urbinati, Io, il popolo. Come il populismo trasforma la democrazia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019. - Y. Mény, Popolo ma non troppo. Il malinteso democratico, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019. 4) One of the following text at student’s choice: - R. Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451. - A. Huxley, Il nuovo mondo. - G. Orwell, 1984. - G. Orwell, La fattoria degli animali. 5) Students not attending the course should also add this text: - K. R. Popper, Le fonti della conoscenza e dell’ignoranza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2000. 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. DAVIDE SUIN Ricevimento: By appointment. Exam Board ANDREA CATANZARO (President) ALBERTO DE SANCTIS CARLO MORGANTI (Substitute) STEFANO PARODI (Substitute) DAVIDE SUIN (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START September 17th, 2024 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam. ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam will assess the ability to move critically within the material taught and to use it in reading and interpreting current political debate. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 19/12/2024 11:00 GENOVA Orale 16/01/2025 11:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2025 11:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2025 11:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2025 11:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2025 11:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2025 11:00 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.