Learning objectives
Acquring a critical knowledge of the principal points and events of contemporary history.
Prerequisites
An exam of "storia contemporanea" during the "laurea triennale" or a personal work to be agreed upon in class.
Course unit content
The course will cover the forms, the contests and the functiions of the 'historical tale'; during the contemporary period, with particular attention to the textbooks of history.
Bibliography
P. Genovesi, Una storia da manuale, Parma, RP, 2005; G. Mosse, La nazionalizzazione delle masse, Bologna, il Mulino, 1996; G. Procacci, Carte d'identità. Revisionismi, nazionalismi e fondamentalismi nei manuali di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2005; a personal research to be agreed upon in class.