| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
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This module aims to introduce students to some of the most important modern and contemporary philosophical conceptions of subjectivity and political agency in Italian thought and culture and to explore some of the most important twentieth and twentieth-first century critiques of them.
Material covered may include, but is not limited to:
- Biopolitics
- Workerism and Neo-Workerism
- Feminism of Difference
- Italian Postmodernism
- Italian Marxism
- Genealogies of Italian political thought
- “Italian Theory”
Students will acquire an in depth range of specific knowledge enabling them to understand and critically engage with the material in question. In addition, they will develop the ability to apply ideas/concepts to relevant contemporary issues.
Students will:
- Be able to use the terminology of various modern and contemporary schools of Italian thought
- Be able to compare and contrast different schools of Italian thought
- Engage critically and sensitively with key texts
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | Essay preparation and completion |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Tutorials |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Specific research or reading activities developed and directed by academic staff |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Review lecture material, prepare for small group teaching and assessment |
| Total | 100:00 |
The lectures will provide essential subject-specific knowledge on a range of seminal thinkers and ideas. Seminars permit discussion of the relative merits of these thinkers and ideas and guide independent analysis, interpretation, and critique.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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| Essay | 1 | A | 100 | 2000 word essay |
Students will be assessed by a 2000-word essay and will be able to choose from a range of essay questions. The essay tests the ability to think analytically, creatively, self-critically and independently as well as managing one’s own work to set time limits. This assessment method also gauges the students’ ability to move between generalisation and appropriately detailed discussion, to cite relevant texts and interpret them adequately, to discover examples in support of or to challenge a position, and to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant considerations.
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