The course of Social Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the characterising training activities. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of the essential issues and debates connected to the field of Social Philosophy. The course aims at achieving specific skills related to fundamental structures of social nexus. It aims also at developing critical abilities in order to deal with contemporary debates in social philosophy.Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
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The invasion of Ukraine and the war that has been raging relentlessly since 2022; the catastrophe in Gaza; the tariffs and trade wars waged by the United States under the slogan “America First”: power politics, spheres of influence, settlement colonialism, economic nationalism... today's world increasingly resembles that of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The texts that were decisive in understanding the political, economic and social world of that time are therefore gaining renewed relevance. Through the critical study of Marx, Hobson, Lenin, Luxemburg, Arendt and Sartre, the course will seek to identify, beyond the undoubted similarities, the possible discontinuities between the order swept away by two world wars and the one that is increasingly collapsing under the blows of the phenomenon that Pope Francis called “world war in pieces”.
Hobson, Nazionalismo e imperialismo; Le radici economiche dell'imperialismo, in L'imperialismo;
Lenin, La concentrazione della produzione e i monopoli, in L'imperialismo;
Luxemburg, La riproduzione del capitale e il suo ambiente, in L'accumulazione del capitale;
Arendt, L'emancipazione politica della borghesia, in Le origini del totalitarismo;
Sartre, Il colonialismo è un sistema, in Il colonialismo è un sistema.
Mutuazione: 20706038 FILOSOFIA SOCIALE in Scienze filosofiche LM-78 R N0 RAPARELLI FRANCESCO
Programme
Imperialism, colonialism, nationalismThe invasion of Ukraine and the war that has been raging relentlessly since 2022; the catastrophe in Gaza; the tariffs and trade wars waged by the United States under the slogan “America First”: power politics, spheres of influence, settlement colonialism, economic nationalism... today's world increasingly resembles that of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The texts that were decisive in understanding the political, economic and social world of that time are therefore gaining renewed relevance. Through the critical study of Marx, Hobson, Lenin, Luxemburg, Arendt and Sartre, the course will seek to identify, beyond the undoubted similarities, the possible discontinuities between the order swept away by two world wars and the one that is increasingly collapsing under the blows of the phenomenon that Pope Francis called “world war in pieces”.
Core Documentation
Marx, La teoria moderna della colonizzazione, in Il capitale, Libro primo;Hobson, Nazionalismo e imperialismo; Le radici economiche dell'imperialismo, in L'imperialismo;
Lenin, La concentrazione della produzione e i monopoli, in L'imperialismo;
Luxemburg, La riproduzione del capitale e il suo ambiente, in L'accumulazione del capitale;
Arendt, L'emancipazione politica della borghesia, in Le origini del totalitarismo;
Sartre, Il colonialismo è un sistema, in Il colonialismo è un sistema.
Attendance
Class attendance is optional, although recommended.Type of evaluation
The assessment consists of an oral examination.