B000031 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS

The course will try to reconstruct the long and complex path of modern and contemporary political thought, considering main ideas and concepts which have contributed to the formation of the notion of politics and institution in Europe.

Required Texts:

For Students ATTENDING the course:
a) G. Bonaiuti, V. Collina, Storia delle dottrine politiche, Firenze, Le
Monnier, 2015 (new edition);
b) Texts discussed during the lessons accesible on the moodle platform; further readings and textbooks.

For students non ATTENDING the course:

a) G. Bonaiuti, V. Collina, Storia delle dottrine politiche, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2015 (new edition)
b) One of the following essays:
1. R. Koselleck, Il futuro passato. Per una semantica dei tempi storici, Bologna, CLUEB, 2007 (or Casale Monferrato, Marietti, 1986);
2. P. P. Portinaro, Il labirinto delle istituzioni nella storia europea, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006;
3. P. Sloterdijk, Ira e tempo, Roma, Meltemi, 2007;
4. L. Scuccimarra, Proteggere l'umanità: sovranità e diritti umani nel nuovo ordine globale, Bologna, il Mulino 2016;
4. G. Bonaiuti, Corpo sovrano. Studi sul concetto di popolo, Roma, Meltemi, 2006;
5. M. Walzer, L'intellettuale militante. Critica sociale e impegno politico nel Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004;
6. C. Galli, Spazi politici. L'età moderna e l'età globale, Bologna, Il Mulino; e C. Galli, La guerra globale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2002;
7. S. Rodeschini, Stati di natura. Saggio sul contrattualismo moderno e contemporaneo, Roma, Carocci, 2012;
8. Q. Skinner, La libertà prima del liberalismo, Torino, Einaudi, 2001;
9. N. Hirschmann, Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory, Priceton-Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2009;
10. M. Richter, The History of Political and Social Concepts. A Critical Introduction, New York-Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995;
11. Thomas Schölderle, Utopia und Utopie, Thomas Morus, die Geschichte der Utopie und die Kontroverse um ihren Begriff, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2011.

Italian: written and spoken

Lessons

Students who choose not to attend the course, in case of difficulty in understanding the texts in the program, are advised to consult
C. Galli, R. Esposito,Enciclopedia del pensiero politico. Autori, concetti, dottrine, Laterza,Roma-Bari, 2000

The final exam consists of TWO WRITTEN TESTS that will take place in
same day:
the FIRST consists of a MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST Bonaiuti-Collina’s Handbook;
the SECOND is written test with FOUR OPEN QUESTIONS (in case
of the students WHO HAVEN’T ATTENDED THE COURSE two of them will be on the essay chosen from the list above).

Part 1
Introduction to metodologies in History of political thought: history of ides, history of concepts, word history.
History of the concepts of Politics and its meaning.
History of modern political Thought from Machiavelli to Marx;

Part 2
History of political ideas in XIX Century.

Part 3
History of political ideas in XX century and in the global age.