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| + | ==Goals of the Course== | ||
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| + | # To acquire an in-depth understanding of Italy as it has developed socially, politically and culturally since its unification in 1860. | ||
| + | # To be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of modern Italian society and to view these in the light of philosophical and anthropological approaches to culture. | ||
| + | # To develop critical explanations for the struggles, anomalies, conflicts, but also the virtues that have distinguished Italy and the Italian national identity. | ||
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| + | ==Major Course Research Questions== | ||
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# What forces and unique circumstances were involved in Italy's Unification? To what extent was it successful? | # What forces and unique circumstances were involved in Italy's Unification? To what extent was it successful? | ||
# How does the North-South conflict reflect anthropological and historical difference between the two part of the country? | # How does the North-South conflict reflect anthropological and historical difference between the two part of the country? | ||
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# Under what circumstances can we say that culture makes mistakes? | # Under what circumstances can we say that culture makes mistakes? | ||
# What characterized the Italian resistance and in what ways can we explain the forces and circumstances that made it happen? | # What characterized the Italian resistance and in what ways can we explain the forces and circumstances that made it happen? | ||
| − | # | + | # What is liberty? (cf. Mazzini, Verga, & Viroli) |
| + | # How is the state related to the underlying social culture (society)? How did differences in social culture across Italy differentially affect state / society relationships? | ||
| + | #What has the role of the organic intellectual in promoting social changes and civic conscience since the unification. Consider figures such as Mazzini, Gramsci, Pasolini, Viroli and Eco | ||
| + | # In what ways have media, society and political power been interconnected since the early 1990s. | ||
| + | # To what extent can we say that contemporary media representations of women reflect a consumer ideology and what effects could this have for the ideals of equal opportunity and women's emancipation. | ||
| + | # In what ways has Italian culture been influenced by values of shame and honor and in what ways has this conditioned the role of women. | ||
| + | # Discuss some ways in which the state has engaged with and responded to activism and/or political violence. Why have these cases tended to remain unresolved mysteries and with what consequences. | ||
| + | # In what ways has globalization affected modern Italy and what responses has it provoked. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:15, 3 February 2014
Goals of the Course
- To acquire an in-depth understanding of Italy as it has developed socially, politically and culturally since its unification in 1860.
- To be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of modern Italian society and to view these in the light of philosophical and anthropological approaches to culture.
- To develop critical explanations for the struggles, anomalies, conflicts, but also the virtues that have distinguished Italy and the Italian national identity.
Major Course Research Questions
- What forces and unique circumstances were involved in Italy's Unification? To what extent was it successful?
- How does the North-South conflict reflect anthropological and historical difference between the two part of the country?
- How have the role of the intellectual been theorized and actively performed in modern Italy?
- What is culture? What difference does it make if we take an evolutionary, marxist, or a symbolic approaches to culture?
- Under what circumstances can we say that culture makes mistakes?
- What characterized the Italian resistance and in what ways can we explain the forces and circumstances that made it happen?
- What is liberty? (cf. Mazzini, Verga, & Viroli)
- How is the state related to the underlying social culture (society)? How did differences in social culture across Italy differentially affect state / society relationships?
- What has the role of the organic intellectual in promoting social changes and civic conscience since the unification. Consider figures such as Mazzini, Gramsci, Pasolini, Viroli and Eco
- In what ways have media, society and political power been interconnected since the early 1990s.
- To what extent can we say that contemporary media representations of women reflect a consumer ideology and what effects could this have for the ideals of equal opportunity and women's emancipation.
- In what ways has Italian culture been influenced by values of shame and honor and in what ways has this conditioned the role of women.
- Discuss some ways in which the state has engaged with and responded to activism and/or political violence. Why have these cases tended to remain unresolved mysteries and with what consequences.
- In what ways has globalization affected modern Italy and what responses has it provoked.
