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B030655 - HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Academic Year 2022-23
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Political and Social Sciences (DSPS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SPS/02 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
63
Teaching Term
19/09/2022 ⇒ 09/12/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course program
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
E. Arfini, C. Lo Iacono (a cura di), Canone inverso. Antologia di teorie queer, Pisa, ETS, 2012
J. Butler, Questioni di genere. Il femminismo e la sovversione dell'identità, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1999 (o una delle edizioni seguenti)
J. Butler, La disfatta del genere, Roma, Meltemi, 2006
L. Bernini, Teorie Queer. Un'introduzione, Milano, Mimesis, 2017
M. Foucault, La volontà di sapere, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1978 (o una delle edizioni seguenti)
J. Halberstam, L'arte queer del fallimento, Roma, Minimum fax, 2022
J. Halberstam, Gagafeminism. Sesso, genere e la fine della norma, Asterisco, Milano 2022
M. Wittig, Il pensiero eterosessuale, Verona, Ombre corte 2019
J. Butler, Questioni di genere. Il femminismo e la sovversione dell'identità, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1999 (o una delle edizioni seguenti)
J. Butler, La disfatta del genere, Roma, Meltemi, 2006
L. Bernini, Teorie Queer. Un'introduzione, Milano, Mimesis, 2017
M. Foucault, La volontà di sapere, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1978 (o una delle edizioni seguenti)
J. Halberstam, L'arte queer del fallimento, Roma, Minimum fax, 2022
J. Halberstam, Gagafeminism. Sesso, genere e la fine della norma, Asterisco, Milano 2022
M. Wittig, Il pensiero eterosessuale, Verona, Ombre corte 2019
Learning Objectives
The course will introduce studentes to contemporary queer theories.
The first part will be dedicated to outline the idea of identity developed by Freud and criticized by Foucault.
The second part will take into account the works of Judith Butler and her idea of gender as performance.
The third part will discuss other queer perspectives on gender and power relations, reading texts by Jack Halberstam, Monique Wittig and other contemporary authors.
The first part will be dedicated to outline the idea of identity developed by Freud and criticized by Foucault.
The second part will take into account the works of Judith Butler and her idea of gender as performance.
The third part will discuss other queer perspectives on gender and power relations, reading texts by Jack Halberstam, Monique Wittig and other contemporary authors.
Teaching Methods
The course will be divided in three parts:
1. the first part will provide the key concepts of the Freudian notion of identity and the key theses of the 5 chapters of Foucault's Will to Knowledge . Some parts of Foucault's text will be read and discussed in class.
2. the second part will present the key concepts of gender as developed in Judith Butler's work. Her texts will be discussed in class.
3. The third part will consist mainly of discussions of reports and presentations by students about the texts of Halberstamm, Wittig, and other contemporary authors
1. the first part will provide the key concepts of the Freudian notion of identity and the key theses of the 5 chapters of Foucault's Will to Knowledge . Some parts of Foucault's text will be read and discussed in class.
2. the second part will present the key concepts of gender as developed in Judith Butler's work. Her texts will be discussed in class.
3. The third part will consist mainly of discussions of reports and presentations by students about the texts of Halberstamm, Wittig, and other contemporary authors
Further information
Listening to the recordings of the lessons does not replace the attendance of the course. Students who cannot or do not intend to attend can take the exam as non-attending students.
Erasmus students can prepare for the exam on the English editions of the texts listed in the "programma esteso".
Erasmus students can prepare for the exam on the English editions of the texts listed in the "programma esteso".
Type of Assessment
For non-attending students, the exam will be an oral interview on the texts indicated in the section Extended program.
The exam methods for students who attend the course will be communicated during the course.
The exam methods for students who attend the course will be communicated during the course.
Course program
Program for non-attenging students (english bibliography)
Non-attending students will prepare for the exam on the following texts:
1. L. Bernini, Queer Theories. An Introduction, London, Routledge, 2020
2. A text to be chosen between:
a M. Foucault, The will to knowledge, London, Penguin, 2020
b. Arfini-Lo Iacono, Canone inverso (no eglish edition available)
3. A text to be chosen between:
a. J. Butler, Gender Trouble. Feminism and the subversion of identity, London, Routledge, 2006
b. J. Butler, Undoing Gender, London, Rouledge, 2006
Non-attending students will prepare for the exam on the following texts:
1. L. Bernini, Queer Theories. An Introduction, London, Routledge, 2020
2. A text to be chosen between:
a M. Foucault, The will to knowledge, London, Penguin, 2020
b. Arfini-Lo Iacono, Canone inverso (no eglish edition available)
3. A text to be chosen between:
a. J. Butler, Gender Trouble. Feminism and the subversion of identity, London, Routledge, 2006
b. J. Butler, Undoing Gender, London, Rouledge, 2006
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Objective 5. Gender equality