Spring 2014 Philosophy of Italian Culture

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Course Reading List

• Baudrillard, Jean. "The Ideological Genesis of Needs." In The Consumer Society Reader, edited by Juliet Schor and Douglas Holt, 57-80. New York: The New Press, 2000.

• Bellochio, Marco. "Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, Notte)." 2003.
• Ceri, Paolo. "Challenging from the Grass Roots: The Girotondi and the No Global Movement." In Resisting the Tide : Cultures of Opposition under Berlusconi, edited by Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook, Charlotte Ross and Nina Rothenberg, 83-93. New York: Continuum Press, 2009.
• Davis, John. "Family and State in the Mediterranean." In Honor and Shame and the Unity of the Mediterranean

22-34. Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association, 1987.

• Diamond, Jared. Why Do Some Societies Make Disastrous Decisions? Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art, Power, and Technology. edited by John Brockman New York: Harper, 2011.
• Eco, Umberto. "Censorship and Silence." In Inventing the Enemy, edited by Umberto Eco, 126-33. Boston: Houghton MIfflin Harcourt, 2012.
• ———. "Inventing the Enemy." In Inventing the Enemy, edited by Umberto Eco, 1-17. Boston: Houghton MIfflin Harcourt, 2012.
• Erickson, Paul A. , and Liam Murphy. "Excerpts from Chapter 3: Symbolic, Political Economy, Postmodern." In A History of Anthropological Theory, edited by Paul A. Erickson and Liam Murphy, 130-49. Ontario: Broadview Press, 1998.

———. "Excerpts from Chapter One: Marxism." In A History of Anthropological Theory, edited by Paul A. Erickson and Liam *Murphy, 39-45. Ontario: Broadview Press, 1998.

• Fo, Dario. Accidental Death of an Anarchist. London: Methuen, 1970. play.
• Gandini, Erik. "Videocracy." 2009.
• Geertz, Clifford. "Chapter 1: Thick Description: Toward and Interpretive Theory of Culture." In The Interpretation of Cultures, edited by Clifford Geertz, 3-30. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
• Giordana, Marco Tullio. "Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (Romanza Di Una Strage)." 2012.
• Gramsci, Antonio. The Antonio Gramsci Reader. New York: New York University Press, 1988.
• Grandi, Roberto, and Cristian Vaccari. "Electoral Campainging and the New Media." In Resisting the Tide : Cultures of Opposition under Berlusconi, edited by Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook, Charlotte Ross and Nina Rothenberg, 46-55. New York: Continuum Press, 2009.
• Marx, Karl. "The Fetishism of the Commodity and Its Secret." In The Consumer Society Reader, edited by Juliet Schor and Douglas Holt, 331-42. New York: The New Press, 2000.
• Piras, Analisa. "Girlfriend in a Coma." 2013.
• Singer, Peter. "Chapter 1: A Changing World." In One World, edited by Peter Singer. Australia: Yale University Press, 2002.
• Stille, Alexander. Excerpts from the Sack of Rome: Media & Money + Celebrity-Power = Silvio Berlusconi. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
• Viroli, Maurizio. The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
• Wilson, E. O. . Excerpts from the Social Conquest of Earth. New York: Norton, 2012.
• Wood, Sharon , and Joseph Farrell. Other Voices: Contesting the Status Quo. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture. edited by Zygmunt/ West Baranski, Rebecca Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001.