The aim of the course is to analyse some specific themes of European cultural history (and its relations with the religious, political and social aspects) between the beginning of the XVI century and the end of the XVIII century. A particular attention will be directed to the analysis of the historiographical debates related to the course's themes and to the critical study of the texts about the development of the European culture between Reinassance and Enlightenment.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Programme
Madness in the Modern ageThe first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
Core Documentation
I MODULO (6 CFU)- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Type of delivery of the course
lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
The first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Programme
Madness in the Modern ageThe first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
Core Documentation
I MODULO (6 CFU)- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Type of delivery of the course
lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
The first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Programme
Madness in the Modern ageThe first part of the course (6 CFU) will primarily be characterized by an ample introduction to the methodology with which the fundamental elements of cultural history are delineated. The initial sessions of the course will explore the characteristics of madness in the modern age, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
In the second part of the course (12 CFU), the cultural and social meaning of madness will be analyzed, especially in Italy in the first centuries of the modern age, that is to say in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (although there will be no lack of in-depth exploration of these issues, for the most part through a comparison with later and more recent eras). Finally, interdisciplinary incursions will be made into the history of art, literature, philosophy, and the history of cinema.
Core Documentation
I MODULO (6 CFU)- A. Arcangeli, Che cos’è la storia culturale, Roma, Carocci
- M. Foucault, Storia della follia nell’età classica (edite by di M. Galzigna), Milano, BUR
Per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- S. Catucci, Introduzione a Foucault, Roma-Bari, Laterza
II MODULO (6 CFU)
- L. Roscioni, Il governo della Follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Lettura di L. Binswanger, Malinconia e Mania. Studi fenomenologici, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, or L. Binswanger, Sogno ed esistenza. Introduzione di Michel Foucault, Milano, SE
Type of delivery of the course
lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
oral examination