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HISTORY OF POWER IN THE CONTEMPORARY AGE Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Although a good basic knowledge of the fundamental historical issues of the contemporary era is desirable, the course is aimed, among other things, at filling any gaps for attending students.
Objectives Contents Attending students will be equipped with the tools:
Extended Syllabus The first part of the course will be devoted to helping students understand the importance of history as a vehicle not only for knowledge but also as a critical and civic tool for living the present in an informed way.
In the second part, an effort will be made to acquaint students with the tools and methods of historians' work, in order to understand what is "behind" the teaching.
The third part of the course will provide a brief but critical and interpretative overview of the most relevant issues in contemporary history, from the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century, exploring, among other things, the links between the historical acceleration of the last two centuries or so and the current times that students find themselves living.
In the fourth part, the monographic section of the course will focus on one of the great historical issues of contemporary Europe: democracy and its history, the (controversial) relationship between Power and the People, between political leaders and mass consensus, which, from the end of the 18th century to the present day, characterises political modernity and the clash/encounter between various models of democracy and anti-democratic regimes.
[Please note that non-attending students and students who are required to undertake 9 CFUs as elective courses must add the study of an additional essay, for which see the "reference texts" section].
Recommended Bibliography For attending students:
1) Raffaele Romanelli, Nelle mani del popolo. Le fragili fondamenta della politica moderna, Roma, Donzelli, 2021https://www.donzelli.it/libro/9788855221603
2) Enzo Fimiani, «Superare la democrazia con la stessa democrazia»: potere esecutivo, unanimismo e popolo nell’Europa tra le due guerre, in Laura Cerasi (a cura di), Genealogie e geografie dell’anti-democrazia nella crisi europea degli anni Trenta. Fascismi, corporativismi, laburismi, Venezia, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 2019, pp. 53-73
Two types of students:
3) Mariuccia Salvati, Populismo, linguaggi, comportamenti: crisi o trasformazioni della democrazia?, in «Parolechiave», (2010) n. 1, pp. 205-217
Teaching Methods The course consists of 8 credits (equivalent to 48 hours of frontal classroom activity) and will be held in the first semester, between 2 October and around mid-December (unless lessons are made up in January), with 6 hours of lessons per week over three days, from Monday to Wednesday (based on the academic calendar).
The lessons will be deliberately based on dialogue and interaction between lecturer and students.
Depending on the interests shown during the lessons, it will be agreed between the teacher and the students whether or not to use additional tools (such as the use of audiovisuals or the organisation of seminars led by historians or authoritative scholars, capable of broadening the educational horizon and cognitive stimuli).
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The examination process consists of an oral exam.
The verification of learning will be based
The exam will aim to ascertain the level of preparation.
What is of most interest, however, is not the knowledge about the specific themes of the texts, but rather other aspects.
Among these, the development of the following skills:
Contacts/More Information Class attendance is not compulsory.enzo.fimiani@unich.it (expecting a reply within a reasonable timeframe and not immediately)
