HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY - II

The teaching falls among the common core courses of the philosophy degree program and aims to provide students with necessary methodological tools for critical learning of the main historical-philosophical issues of the contemporary era.

The course aims to provide a range of timely knowledge about contemporary philosophical thought. The student is expected to acquire the skills, competencies and knowledge useful for the critical understanding and textual analysis of the major authors of contemporary philosophy, through the acquisition of specific linguistic terminology, demonstrating the development of communication skills and learning abilities.

Knowledge of the history of modern and contemporary philosophy in its broad outlines.

Modern collective identity in light of the works of Durkheim and Mauss

In this course we will reflect on the forms of collective identity based on political experience that, through the process of differentiation and social integration, emerge with modernity. We will particularly inquire into the distinct and articulated forms of the state, the nation, parties, trade unions and class identities. We will do so from the Durkheimian corpus, from a perspective of both contemporary philosophy and sociology.

We will start primarily from a reading of two texts: The Division of Social Labor (1892) and Émile Durkheim's Lectures on Sociology (1900). We will also refer to Marcel Mauss' later texts, both Essay on the Gift (1924) and The Nation (1925).

Émile Durkheim, Lezioni di sociologia, a cura di Francesco Callegaro e Nicola Marcucci, Orthotes, Napoli 2016, Lezioni IV-IX.
Macel Mauss, La nation (manuscrit de 1920, inachevé édité par Marcel Fournier), PUF, Paris 2013, I parte.

The examination is conducted in oral form. During the interview, the student should demonstrate ability to summarize and understand the basic themes covered in the course, adequate philosophical language, and a good knowledge of the secondary literature.

Frontal lecture using seminar support and materials available on the University's e-learning platform.

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The program is still provisional and may be subject to change.

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