HISTORY OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL DOCTRINES
cod. 1004583

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
TRUFFELLI Matteo
integrated course unit
12 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide students with a critical awareness of the origin and development of the fundamental concepts of ancient and modern western political thought

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course will focus on an analysis of the origin and development of the main concepts in the ancient and modern Western political thought, by the study of the most significant authors.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1. M. D’Addio, Storia delle dottrine politiche, Genova, ECIG, 2002, chapters:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 31, 32 .

2. G. Bedeschi, Opinione pubblica, in Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Giovanni Treccani, Rome 1998, pp. 359-367.

3. Three texts to be chosen from the following:
- M. Barberis, Libertà, Il Mulino, Bologna 1999;
- M.L. Lanzillo, Tolleranza, Il Mulino, Bologna 2001;
- E. Somaini, Paradigmi dell'uguaglianza, Laterza, Bari-Rome 2005;
- E. Greblo, Democrazia, Il Mulino, Bologna 2000.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons and lecture and analysis of classic texts

Assessment methods and criteria

First written and than oral exam

Other information

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