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– The course of human sociality: metallurgy and the city, the birth of the State, exteriorisation, States, societies and empires.
– The foundation of Greek paideia: the Sophists and Socrates. Plato's Apology of Socrates: questioning, examining, refuting; dialogue, inquiry and care of the self.
– Plato, Phaedrus: eros and madness, the myth of the soul as a winged chariot, rhetoric, writing and living dialogue; the features of intentional educational activity.
– Plato, Republic (books I-III, V up to 473c, VII): the definitions of justice; the soul, education and the city; the education of the guardians, music and gymnastics, art and poetry; the three waves and the philosopher-kings; the cave and the education of the philosopher.
– Plato, Laws (end of book I, books II and VII): music, play and choral dance as instruments of paideia; education as a matter of law across the ages of life.
– The question of power: power, protection and unification in Hobbes; mimetic violence and the scapegoat; power and potency in Nietzsche; Foucault's microphysics of power.
– Apparatuses, techniques and institutions; hegemonic dynamics; the «Leviathan» function and the unity of the State.
– The persistence of these issues in contemporary pedagogical and educational debate.
The e-tivity of the module is an aesthetic-semiotic autobiography, first set up in groups and then developed individually: each student reconstructs his or her own educational path through the languages, codes and signs learned and used over time, and reflects on its aesthetic and educational dimensions.
– Plato, Tutti gli scritti, ed. by G. Reale, Bompiani, Milan 2000 («Il pensiero occidentale») and later reprints (ISBN 978-88-452-9003-9), with the following readings:
– Apology of Socrates, complete;
– Phaedrus, complete;
– Republic, books I, II and III, book V up to 473c, book VII;
– Laws, final part of book I, books II and VII.
– Video lectures, slides and module materials on the EduNext platform.
Programme
The module covers the following topics:– The course of human sociality: metallurgy and the city, the birth of the State, exteriorisation, States, societies and empires.
– The foundation of Greek paideia: the Sophists and Socrates. Plato's Apology of Socrates: questioning, examining, refuting; dialogue, inquiry and care of the self.
– Plato, Phaedrus: eros and madness, the myth of the soul as a winged chariot, rhetoric, writing and living dialogue; the features of intentional educational activity.
– Plato, Republic (books I-III, V up to 473c, VII): the definitions of justice; the soul, education and the city; the education of the guardians, music and gymnastics, art and poetry; the three waves and the philosopher-kings; the cave and the education of the philosopher.
– Plato, Laws (end of book I, books II and VII): music, play and choral dance as instruments of paideia; education as a matter of law across the ages of life.
– The question of power: power, protection and unification in Hobbes; mimetic violence and the scapegoat; power and potency in Nietzsche; Foucault's microphysics of power.
– Apparatuses, techniques and institutions; hegemonic dynamics; the «Leviathan» function and the unity of the State.
– The persistence of these issues in contemporary pedagogical and educational debate.
The e-tivity of the module is an aesthetic-semiotic autobiography, first set up in groups and then developed individually: each student reconstructs his or her own educational path through the languages, codes and signs learned and used over time, and reflects on its aesthetic and educational dimensions.
Prerequisiti
Good knowledge of general history. Full knowledge and awareness of the linguistic norms of the standard language of instruction in its formal register and of its logical, syntactic and argumentative structures. Adequate knowledge, at least at lower secondary school level, of the research methodology applied by the physical, chemical and biological sciences, of the evolutionary history of the species Homo sapiens and of the main socio-political issues of the modern and contemporary age.Core Documentation
– R. M. Postiglione, Pedagogia e situazione paidetica. Strutture elementari, istituzioni e sistemi, Anicia, Rome 2025 («Uomini e pensiero», 18; ISBN 978-88-6709-909-2).– Plato, Tutti gli scritti, ed. by G. Reale, Bompiani, Milan 2000 («Il pensiero occidentale») and later reprints (ISBN 978-88-452-9003-9), with the following readings:
– Apology of Socrates, complete;
– Phaedrus, complete;
– Republic, books I, II and III, book V up to 473c, book VII;
– Laws, final part of book I, books II and VII.
– Video lectures, slides and module materials on the EduNext platform.
Attendance
Attendance at in-person activities is not compulsory but strongly recommended. The e-tivities are compulsory and take place entirely online, on the platform. They are designed to prepare students for a full understanding of the study materials and for the ability to use and apply the concepts studied. They serve a formative assessment function: completing them is compulsory, but their outcome is not recorded for assessment or inspection purposes (it is clearly in students' interest to complete them with the utmost commitment). They will be explicitly referred to in the exam, and carrying them out collaboratively certainly improves the effectiveness of study. It is therefore highly desirable that they be carried out in groups, though this is in no way compulsory.Type of evaluation
Type of exam: written exam. The exam is a computer-based written test on the EduNext platform, held at the Department's Piazza Telematica. It consists of a closed-ended test of 60 to 80 multiple-choice questions, each with only one correct answer, covering the modules of the course. There are no open-ended questions and no penalty for wrong answers. The mark is expressed out of 30. Registration for the exam is compulsory and must be completed online in the Student Portal by the deadline set for each exam session. When attendance is high, students are divided into shifts, announced via GOMP to their institutional e-mail address. Results are communicated by e-mail; students may reject the mark within one week of notification, otherwise the mark is recorded. Students who fail may retake the exam in the same session. Compensatory tools: requests must be submitted to the lecturers and tutors at least 15 days before the exam, agreed with the Tutoring Service for students with disabilities and SLD (tutoratodisabili.sdf@uniroma3.it) and sent with the Service and the Department contact person, Prof. Amalia Lavinia Rizzo (amalia.rizzo@uniroma3.it), in copy. Any concept maps must be submitted to the lecturers at least 15 days before the exam.