The course of Political Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophy (BA) and it is included among the basic training activities. The Course provides an introduction to the main authors in Political philosophy. Each year the Course will focus on one specific author. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in class debates and argumentations both from a theoretical and a historical-philosophical perspective. The Course is intended to the acquisition of analytical and interpretative conceptual tools in Political philosophy, both in reading and in debating. At the end of the course the student will acquire:
-) Ability to analyze and interpret philosophical texts;
-) Properties of language and argumentation;
-) Ability to contextualize the acquired knowledge in the Philosophical debate.
-) Ability to analyze and interpret philosophical texts;
-) Properties of language and argumentation;
-) Ability to contextualize the acquired knowledge in the Philosophical debate.
teacher profile teaching materials
A philosophy of crisis that should be located in the 1960s, in the years of the French War in Algeria, and that should be further located with respect to the subsequent perspectives of postcolonial and decolonial studies.
Iside Gjergji, “Uccidete Sartre!” Anticolonialismo e antirazzismo di un revenant, con quattro scritti di Jean-Paul Sartre, Ombre Corte 2018.
Programme
This year the philosophical-political reflection focuses, through the texts of F. Fanon and J.P. Sartre, on the crisis of Western Humanism.A philosophy of crisis that should be located in the 1960s, in the years of the French War in Algeria, and that should be further located with respect to the subsequent perspectives of postcolonial and decolonial studies.
Core Documentation
Frantz Fanon, I dannati della terra, prefazione di Jean-Paul Sartre; a cura di Liliana Ellena, Torino, Einaudi 2007.Iside Gjergji, “Uccidete Sartre!” Anticolonialismo e antirazzismo di un revenant, con quattro scritti di Jean-Paul Sartre, Ombre Corte 2018.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will develop in lectures and commentaries on textsType of evaluation
Final oral exam. For Erasmus students the exam can be held in their native language or in EnglishFinal oral exam.