The main objectives of the course are:
1. Reconstruct the philology of the genesis of modern societies understood as prerequisites for the formation and development of the category of change.
2. To understand the notions of change and transformation declined in a sociological sense, in the light of the most established classical theoretical categories and the most advanced frontiers of contemporary debate.
3. Describe and analyze the main social phenomena that characterize the processes of change in the societies of advanced modernity.
At the end of the course, students will be able to move with critical autonomy in understanding and evaluating the main dynamics of transformation of contemporary social formations in which the personality of individuals and the life of groups take place.
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Teaching is carried out with a complex methodology to encourage dialogue and discussion among students/staff and between the students/staff and the lecturer. The course includes face-to-face lectures with analysis of case studies; group work on issues related to the course content; and meetings with scholars and civil society representatives for in-depth study of current issues.
Both attending and non-attending students are required to take a written exam focused on the content covered during the course.
For attending students, active participation in class, contributions to assigned cases and exercises—including group work—will also be taken into account.
Further information will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Beginning with a survey of the historical evolution, from a modern perspective, of some of the major social institutions (social classes, groups, family, school, state, market, etc.), the course aims to explore the forms of change that originate current contemporary social transitions and the epistemological assumptions that guide public debate on these issues.
The course will cover the following topics:
1. Society, foundations and change;
2. Early human societies and the old order
3. The emergence of the category of the West;
4. The modern and its transformations;
5. The radicalization of modern instances and advanced modernity; 5.
6. A social theory of change
