In the context of today's political philosophy, the basic learning goals of the course concern both the awareness of, and critical ability to relate to, the major aspects of contemporary philosophical debate and, more specifically, the ability to analyze the conceptual and historical roots of the current debates. The course favors the thematic and conceptual dimension of philosophical-political inquiry, while it profits from historiographical findings. The course is structured in such a way as to allow the achievement of the following specific learning goals:
- critical apprehension of the presuppositions, research methods, purposes and heuristic significance of political philosophy
- critical awareness in respect of the ties that connect political philosophy to disciplines that are primarily concerned with the political such as political science, political sociology and the history of political ideas as well as of the features that distinguish the former from the latter
- critical apprehension of the main issues and aspects of the development of the fundamental problems, ideas and concepts of Western philosophical-political thought
- critical and aware use of the lexicon of political philosophy
- critical apprehension of the presuppositions, research methods, purposes and heuristic significance of political philosophy
- critical awareness in respect of the ties that connect political philosophy to disciplines that are primarily concerned with the political such as political science, political sociology and the history of political ideas as well as of the features that distinguish the former from the latter
- critical apprehension of the main issues and aspects of the development of the fundamental problems, ideas and concepts of Western philosophical-political thought
- critical and aware use of the lexicon of political philosophy
teacher profile teaching materials
S. FREUD, Civilization and its Discontent in S. FREUD, Civilization, Society and Religion, ed. by A. Dickson, Penguin Books, London-New York 1991
C. SCHMITT, The Concept of the Political, transl. by G. Schwab, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago-London 1995
H. ARENDT, On Violence, Penguin Books, London-New York 2023
Fruizione: 21810468 FILOSOFIA POLITICA in Scienze politiche L-36 R MAIOLO FRANCESCO
Programme
The course proceedings consist in an examination of the texts respectively of Kant, Freud, Schmitt and Arendt.Core Documentation
I. KANT, Perpetual Peace. A Philosophical Sketch in I. KANT, Political Writings, ed. by H. Reiss, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991S. FREUD, Civilization and its Discontent in S. FREUD, Civilization, Society and Religion, ed. by A. Dickson, Penguin Books, London-New York 1991
C. SCHMITT, The Concept of the Political, transl. by G. Schwab, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago-London 1995
H. ARENDT, On Violence, Penguin Books, London-New York 2023
Attendance
Given the complexity of the subject-matter, class-attendance is highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The course is followed by a final oral exam through which students will have to prove to be able to define, explain and critically assess the content of the exam programme. It is necessary to come to the exam sessions with either a printed version or a digital version of the books that are part of the exam programme because the exam question will require to interpret part of the texts concerned.