20710580 - HISTORY OF CAPITALISM

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Mutuazione: 20710580 STORIA DEL CAPITALISMO in Scienze filosofiche LM-78 CONTE GIAMPAOLO

Programme

The course deal with the birth of capitalism from the Middle Ages up to the contemporary age. It analyses the three main forms of capitalism: merchant, industrial and financial.

Core Documentation

Attending students (all of them):

F. Braudel, Afterthoughts on Material Civilization and Capitalism, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimora 1977.
J. Kocka, Capitalism: A Short History, Princeton University Press, Princeton 2016.
P. Bowles, Capitalism, Routledge, London / New York 2014

Non-attending students (plus one of the two below):

L. Pellicani, La genesi del capitalismo e le origini della modernità, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2013 (no the chapters 2, 3, 8 e 10).
L. Gallino, Finanzacapitalismo, Einaudi, Turin 2013.


Type of delivery of the course

traditional lectures

Type of evaluation

Written and oral text. Written text lasts 90 minutes and evaluates students general knowledges. Non-attending students can only make the oral exam.