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Teacher
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MONINA GIANCARLO
(syllabus)
The course analyses the major processes and principles of contemporary history. It introduces the method of historical research and the use of new sources. Afterwards, the attention will be focused on the history of the Italian Republic.
The first part of the course (6 hours) is devoted to the introduction of the meaning of historical knowledge, the public use of history, the value of social memory and periodizations. The second part of the course (6 hours) outlines the historical changes that lead to the contemporary age: the creation of the nation-state, industrial revolutions, social structure, "globalization". The third part of the course (18 hours) focuses on the history of: the laboratory of contemporary age (1870-1914), the age of catastrophe (1914-1945), the golden age of capitalism (1945- 1968) and the age of transition (1968-1991). The final part of the course (6 hours) will be focused on the biographical itinerary of the socialist leader Lelio Basso, as a political and intellectual paradigm of a 20th century biography.
(reference books)
- An handbook of Contemporary History (A book to be chosen from: G. Monina, F. Motta, S. Pavone, E. Taviani, "Processo Storico", vol. 3, "Dal Novecento a oggi", Torino, Loescher Editore, 2017, € 32,90 or L. Caracciolo, A. Roccucci, "Storia contemporanea (1848-2016)", Milano, Mondadori Education, 2017, pp. 800, e 38,00)
- Giancarlo Monina, Lelio Basso. Un leader globale del secondo Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016, € 39,00
FILMOGRAPHY: A choice between the following movies: - Der Triumph des Willens (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) - Senso (Luchino Visconti, 1954) - Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) - Una vita difficile (Dino Risi, 1961) - Uomini contro (Francesco Rosi, 1971).
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