STORIA E FILOSOFIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI POLITICHE

Detailed Course Content

• Constitutionalism and Democracy. A Philosophical Analysis

  This course deals with the following topics: the renewal of normative political philosophy with John Rawls, the cultural background of A Theory of Justice (1971), fundamental concepts, the two principles of justice and their justification, the problem of stability and its revision in Political Liberalism (1993), the problem of international justice, the criticisms by J Habermas

  It also aims to introduce students to the problem of justice in contemporary liberal democracies. By looking at the most advanced results in contemporary political philosophy, the course faces the problem of defining the fundamental (i.e. meta-constitutional) principles of justice that should shape national institutions. Cursory remarks will be made also regarding the theme of international and global justice. Students will learn to formulate, assess, and criticize complex and abstract arguments while gaining a better understanding of how democratic institutions realize the ideals of equality and freedom for all citizens.

• LE ISTITUZIONI ITALIANE IN ETA' CONTEMPORANEA

  Following the method of the second module, the third goes on with the critical analysis of the institutional themes in the contemporary Italy. In particular will focus on the fascist regime, on the republican Constitution and on the institutional and administrative transformations that happened in the second half of the twentieth century. The aim is to provide useful tools to the understanding of the complexity of the political-institutional phenomena.

Textbook Information

• Constitutionalism and Democracy. A Philosophical Analysis

  OTTONELLI, V. Leggere Rawls. Il Mulino 2010

  HABERMAS, j. Conciliazione tramite uso pubblico della ragione, in Id., L’inclusione dell’altro, trad. it. a cura di L. Ceppa, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1998.

• LE ISTITUZIONI ITALIANE FRA '800 E '900

  G. Astuto, Storia delle istituzioni politiche. Da Cavour a Renzi, Carocci, Roma (in corso di stampa). Nel corso delle lezioni il docente indicherà le parti da studiare.
  E.G. Faraci, L’Unificazione amministrativa del Mezzogiorno. Le Luogotenenze da Cavour a Ricasoli, Carocci, Roma 2015.

• LE ISTITUZIONI ITALIANE IN ETA' CONTEMPORANEA

  G. Astuto, Storia delle istituzioni politiche. Da Cavour a Renzi, Carocci, Roma (in corso di stampa). Nel corso delle lezioni il docente indicherà le parti da studiare.
  G. Astuto, Il viceré socialista. Giuseppe De Felice Giuffrida, sindaco di Catania, Bonanno, Acireale-Roma.