MODERN HISTORY AND HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

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Course details

Academic year:

2019/2020

Available in academic year:

2019/2020

Lesson type:

Compulsory

Department/structure:

Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) in HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Department of History and cultural heritage

Course language:

Italian

Moduli:

EARLY MODERN HISTORY

6 credits
HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

6 credits

Credits:

Course year:

Semester:

Annuity

Hours of lectures:

Requirements:

Proficiency in general Early Modern History is expected.

Learning objectives

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
Within the educational objectives of the degree course, the module takes care in particular of the acquisition of the tools and languages of historical research, the use of theoretical models in the field of historical studies, the knowledge of the sources and their reading and critical analysis in the light of the relevant bibliographies. Lectures are intended to provide a general framework for the evolution of interest in the other, for elsewhere and for the construction of world stories and empires. They will also provide the essential elements of historical processes in their characterizing events by presenting the main essays on the list. The broad seminar part of the course aims to stimulate the autonomous application of the methodologies and the knowledge acquired in the general part to individually studied chapters and then presented orally and "defended" in the collective discussion with the teacher and the other students.

ENLIGHTENMENT
Acquiring specific appreciation of method and vocabulary, as well as subject-matter knowledge in the field of cultural history and of the Enlightenment phenomenon in particular.

Contents

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
The historical construction of the other and of elsewhere: discoveries, connections, empires. Yesterday's debates and today's reflections on identity issues.

ENLIGHTENMENT
The Naples of Enlightenment: society, politics, science and religion. Genovesi, Galiani, Filangieri between theoretical reflection and reform commitment.

Within the European cultural landscape, the course reconstructs the cultural, political and economic-social climate in which the Neapolitan Enlightenment movement is situated. It deals with the main themes through the works of the main protagonists, focusing in particular on the figures of Antonio Genovesi and Gaetano Filangieri.

Suggested reading list

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
Exam tests
a) S. Gruzinski, La macchina del tempo. Quando l’Europa ha iniziato a scrivere la storia del mondo, Raffaello Cortina 2018.
b) M. Carmagnani, Le connessioni mondiali e l’Atlantico. 1450-1850, Einaudi 2018.
c) K.A. Appiah, La menzogna dell’identità. Come riconoscere le false verità che ci dividono in tribù, Feltrinelli 2019.

Materials for seminars
- J. Israel, Il grande incendio. Come la Rivoluzione americana conquistò il mondo, Einaudi 2018.
- S. Subrahmanyam, Europe's India. Words, People, Empires. 1500-1800, Harvard University Press 2017.
- G. Patisso, L’impero del Giglio. I francesi in America del Nord (1534-1763, Carocci 2018.
- A. Taylor, Rivoluzioni americane. Una storia continentale, 1750-1804, Einaudi 2017.
- A. Mattioli, Mondi perduti. Una storia dei nativi nordamericani 1700-1910, Einaudi 2019.
- G. Marcocci, Indios, cinesi, falsari. Le storie del mondo nel Rinascimento, Laterza 2016.
- D. Siragusa, Lo storico e il falsario. Rosario Gregorio e l’arabica impostura (1782-1796), FrancoAngeli 2019.
- C. Aydin, Il lungo Ottocento. Una storia politica internazionale, Einaudi 2019.

ENLIGHTENMENT
Exam Tests
a) One of the following volumes:
- V. Ferrone, Il mondo dell’Illuminismo. Storia di una rivoluzione culturale, Einaudi 2019;
- M. Mori, S. Veca, Illuminismo. Storia di un’idea plurale, Carocci 2019.
b) A. Genovesi, Scritti, a cura di F. Venturi, Einaudi 1977 (Autobiografia; Il vero fine delle lettere e delle scienze, Il lusso).
c) C. Carnino, Lusso e benessere nell’Italia del Settecento, FrancoAngeli 2014.

Materials for seminars
- V. Ferrone, La società giusta ed equa. Repubblicanesimo e diritti dell’uomo in Gaetano Filangieri, Laterza 2003.
- P. Delpiano, Liberi di scrivere. La battaglia per la stampa nell’età dei Lumi, Laterza 2015.
- K. Stapelbroek, Love, self-deceit, and money. Commerce and morality in the Early Neapolitan Enlightenment, Toronto University Press, 2008.
- Voices of the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (on line): Pietro Giannone, Bartolomeo Intieri, Celestino Galiani, Antonio Genovesi, Ferdinando Galiani, Gaetano Filangieri.

Mode of instruction

Convenzionale

Teaching methods

Lectures, Group works and seminars

Methods of evaluation

Type of exam:

Orale

how learning is assessed:

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
For attending students, verification of learning takes place during presentations and seminar discussions and, overall, in the final oral exam, aimed at assessing: the level of acquisition of methods and characteristics of historical research; the quantity and depth of knowledge on specific topics; the quality of the exposition, with attention to the overall classification of problems and processes and to the use of the specific terminology of the discipline.
Non-attending students are required to agree with the teacher a study equivalent to the seminar work.

ENLIGHTENMENT
The oral exam will verify the quality and depth of the acquisitions, evaluating the clarity of the exposition, also in relation to the specific vocabulary, and the ability to autonomously re-elaborate the concepts and lines of historical development. For attending students, the contribution provided during the seminars will be evaluated with regards to commitment, expository capacity and articulation of the presented reports.
Students who cannot attend will agree with the teacher on a study equivalent to the seminar activity.

Assessment:

Voto Finale

Course schedule

Course start date:

Lunedì, 30 Settembre, 2019

Course end date:

Venerdì, 12 Giugno, 2020

More Information

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
The course is held in the second period of the first semester, starting on Wednesday 27 November 2019.
Timetable: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11 am-1pm.
Student reception during the course: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10.30-11 and 16-16.30.
ENLIGHTENMENT
The course is held in the first period of the second semester, starting on Wednesday 4 March 2020.
Timetable: Wednesdays from 2 to 4 pm; Thursday, Friday 11 am-1pm.

Reception of students: Wednesday 10.30-12.30.

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