Philosophy of Italian Culture
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- Course Information
- Course Reading Schedule
- Assignments for Grading Schemes
- In-class Notes
- Study Questions
Google Forms for Assignments
- Student Information Form [1]
Other Links
- Atlantic article, "4 Reasons Italy's Economy is Such a Disaster" [2]
Geertz
- Example of how Geertz is being used in contemporary scholarship [3]
- Anthropology, Inc and the Coolhunt: Here's an article that a student in a related class found on how anthropology is being used today for market research. Very interesting for developing your intuitions on ethnography [4]. It reminded me of an older piece by Malcolm Gladwell that is somewhat famous: The Coolhunt [5]
Italian History Links
- Good illustrated narration of the effect of the Congress of Vienna. [6]
- Bas-relief du Palazzo degi Uffici (EUR, Rome) - referred to in Pugliese. Note image of Mussolini at bottom center.
- Timeline from class Feb 4
- Megan Trudell, Gramsci: The Turin Years, International Socialism, 9 April 07.
- Glossary Terms: Economism, Hegemony, Historical Bloc
- Political Philosophy/Social Philosophy: J. S. Mill and Karl Marx -- Mill and Mazzini knew each other and had similar political views (great paper topic here). These notes might help you locate Mill, Mazzini, and Marx on the standard political spectrum.
- World War 1: The breakdown of capitalism
- Chapter 22: Gramsci - theory of hegemony, civil society, an revolution
- Timeglider timeline on Italian History, needs work. [7]
