Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with a critical awareness of the origin and development of the fundamental concepts of western political thought
Course unit content
The course provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and main traditions of western political thought (representation, ideology, utopy, antipolitics)
Bibliography
- M. Cotta, Rappresentanza, in Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana Giovanni Treccani, vol. VII, Roma 1997, pp. 215-230;
- B. Baczko, Utopia, in Enciclopedia, vol. XIV, Einaudi, Torino 1981, pp. 856-920
- M. Ricciardi, Rivoluzione, Il Mulino, Bologna 2001.
- M. Truffelli, L’ombra della politica. Saggio sulla storia del pensiero antipolitico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2008.