Programme

Objectives The educational objective of the course is to provide students with theoretical and methodological tools for understanding the cultural processes and consider culture as an important dimension of social action and life.

Program: The birth of the scientific concept of culture; Nature, culture and society; The cultural differentiation in modern societies; How society affects the culture; How culture influences society; The processes of transformation, transmission and cultural preservation.

Core Documentation

Manual and another book
L. Sciolla, Sociologia dei processi culturali, Il Mulino, Bologna

The second can be chosen among following books:
E. Tripaldi, L’Etica della ‘cura’ nel Counselling Analitico Transazionale. Spunti di riflessione in Bioetica, Aracne Editore, Roma, 2011
C. Caneva, S. Thuruthyil, M. Sinsin, Filosofie in dialogo. Lexikon universale India Africa Europa, Prefazione di Cecilia Costa, Mimesis, Milano 2017

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons and Seminars

Type of evaluation

The exam will take place through the traditional interview with the student in order to ascertain the skills acquired during the course