This course aims to provide the students with a basic knowledge of the most important models of political order by analyzing the most relevant theories in the history of Western political thought.
Providing students with a conceptual overview of the main classical and contemporary theories regarding the political order and the most important concepts related to it (justice, legitimacy, political normativity, inclusion and exclusion). Comparing the main key models and understanding their regulatory implications. Learning about the argumentative structures of the main theoretical families of political philosophy which characterize their differences.
Capacity to understand and use some fundamental concepts in political philosophy
Capacity to apply these concepts to the interpretation of the classical texts
Capacity to reconstruct the main arguments of the classical texts
No specific previous knowldege is requested
Lectures.
The most important models of political order will be critically analysed. In particular, the course will investigate the following traditions as competing paradigms: idealism vs realism, artificialism vs naturalism, contractualism vs conventionalism, monism vs. institutionalism. Such investigation will be addressed via the analysis of the political theories of Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Bentham, Mill, and Rawls.
Reading list for attending students
a text among the following:
Reading list for non attending students:
one text among the following:
and the chapter of the chosen author in the following handbook:
O. Guaraldo, A. Salvatore, F. Zuolo (a cura di), Manuale di filosofia politica. Dai sofisti a Arendt, Quodlibet 2022
Check the slides in AulaWeb ( https://2023.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=9126 ) for further information.
Reading the following handbook is advisable, not compulsory, for all students: O. Guaraldo, A. Salvatore, F. Zuolo (a cura di), Manuale di filosofia politica. Dai sofisti a Arendt.
Further suggested readings (not compulsory)
T. Magri, Contratto e convenzione, Roma-Bari, Laterza
V. Ottonelli, Leggere Rawls, Bologna, Il Mulino
M. Reichlin, L’utilitarismo, il Mulino
M. Vegetti, Il potere della verità. Saggi platonici, Carocci
S. Veca, Filosofia politica, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2003
The reading list might change before the course begins.
Ricevimento: Write an email to federico.zuolo@unige.it
FEDERICO ZUOLO (President)
CORRADO FUMAGALLI
Paolo BODINI (Substitute)
VALERIA OTTONELLI (Substitute)
MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA (Substitute)
The first available dates in the second semester
Written examination.
It is possible to have an oral examination, upon request, after the completion of the writte exam.
The exam will assess the student's knowledge of a classic of political thought and the basics of Rawls's A theory of justice.
Special attention will be given to the reconstruction of the arguments in the texts to be analyzed.
Get in touch with the professor for further information
