Conflicts have marked the whole of human history from the very beginning. However, modernity has changed the nature and meaning of war and has been deeply marked by it. The course aims precisely to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the new characters assumed by modern conflicts and their effects even of long duration in multiple dimensions, from international and global to existential, placing in particular the focus of its attention the two world wars.
teacher profile teaching materials
1) Tommaso Detti (a cura di), Le guerre in un mondo globale, Roma, Viella, 2017
2) Serhii Plokhy, Il ritorno della storia. Il conflitto russo-ucraino, Milano, Mondadori, 2023
non-attending students should add the following book:
1) Margareth Macmillan, Come la guerra ha plasmato gli uomini, Milano, Rizzoli, 2021
Programme
The course will be organized in two main sections. In the first, through the study of specific cases, the complex transformation of conflicts in contemporary times will be explored, focusing in particular on those wars whose outcomes have marked the great changes of the contemporary era. In the second part, we will focus on a conflict that is currently still ongoing, namely the war of aggression unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, trying to bring out the origins of this war. It will also be framed both from a post-imperial confrontation perspective and as a powerful factor of nation-building and claiming legitimacy to exercise one's full state sovereignty.Core Documentation
texts for attending students:1) Tommaso Detti (a cura di), Le guerre in un mondo globale, Roma, Viella, 2017
2) Serhii Plokhy, Il ritorno della storia. Il conflitto russo-ucraino, Milano, Mondadori, 2023
non-attending students should add the following book:
1) Margareth Macmillan, Come la guerra ha plasmato gli uomini, Milano, Rizzoli, 2021
Reference Bibliography
Jeremy Black, Le guerre nel mondo contemporaneo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006Type of delivery of the course
Lectures will be carried out in presence. It will be the responsibility of the teacher to ensure continuous interaction with the students, including through class discussion of specific readings, the use of power points, etc.Type of evaluation
To be considered an attended student, the limit of tolerated non-attendance is set at 15% of the total number of lesson hours.