20704029 - PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY AND COMMUNICATION

The course introduces to the teoretical and political aspects of communication. A special attention will be drawn both on the concepts of culture, democracy and multiculturalism, and on the relationship between rationality and identity, interests and values, intercultural perspectives and political and identitarian conflicts, in global times.
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Mutuazione: 20704029 FILOSOFIA, SOCIETA', COMUNICAZIONE in Scienze della Comunicazione L-20 CASTELLI FEDERICA

Programme

The course introduces the relationship between language and politics, and the different dimensions of this relationship.
The course will develop with a focus on the different forms of the political space, in history and in contemporary times.


Core Documentation

Introductory part:
2022 Handouts
F. Giardini, L'alleanza inquieta. Dimensioni politiche del linguaggio, Le lettere, 2011

Advanced part:
H. Arendt, Truth and politics (any edition)
F. Castelli, Lo Spazio Pubblico, Ediesse 2019
Ursula K. Le Guin, Bryn Mawr Commencement Address (1986)

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures

Type of evaluation

The course involves an oral exam. For those attending the course, a paper on the topics of the programme can be presented. For Erasmus students the paper can be presented both in Italian and in English.