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Teacher
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VIRNO PAOLO
(syllabus)
Marxism and Philosophy of Language
The course proposes two distinct and correlated objectives: to reconstruct the role that verbal language plays in philosophical anthropology and in the philosophy of mind of Karl Marx; evaluate the relationship between Marxism and the main trends of modern and contemporary philosophy of language.
(reference books)
Program Module A "Historical Materialism and Verbal Launguage":
P. Virno, Notes on Marx philosopher of mind and language (notes of professor). Photocopy avaible.
K. Marx, Thesis on Feuerbach.Photocopy avaible.
K. Marx, F. Engels, The German Ideology, Editori Riuniti, only pp. 4-39. Photocopy avaible.
K. Marx, Capital, Book I, only chapter IV (“Trasformazione del denaro in capitale”) e XI (“Cooperazione”). Photocopy avaible.
K. Marx, Foundamental Lineaments of Economical Policy, La Nuova Italia, 2 voll., only pp. 389-403 of 2° volume (p. 389 from “Finché il mezzo di lavoro…”; p. 403 to “…processo di vita reale”). Photocopy avaible.
V. N. Volosinov, M. Bachtin, Marxism and Philosophy of Language, Piero Manni editore, only chapters: Part I, chap. III; Part II, chap. I, II, III, IV; Part III, chap. I and II.Photocopy avaible.
L. S. Vygotskij, Thought and Language, Laterza, only these parts: Preface, chap. I, chap. II (to p. 60), chap. IV, chap. VII. To purchase.
Program Module B "Language, praxis and policy":
A. Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, Einaudi, only Notebook 29 "Notes on the study of Grammar. Photocopy avaible.
F. Lo Piparo, Gramsci e Wittgenstein. Photocopy avaible..
L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, Einaudi, only ai §§ 1-32, 65-98, 198-207, 243-265. To purchase.
P. Virno, La decisione come applicazione di una regola (notes on Wittgenstein). Photocopy avaible.
F. Rossi Landi, Il linguaggio come lavoro e come mercato, Bompiani, only pp. 61-104. Photocopy avaible.
P. Virno, Lavoro e linguaggio, in A. Zanini e U. Fadini (a cura di), Lessico postfordista, Feltrinelli, pp. 181-5. Photocopy avaible.
L. S. Vygotskij, Tool an symbol in child development, in Id. The cognitive process, Bollati Boringhieri, pp. 35-51. Photocopy avaible.
N. Chomsky, M. Foucault, On Human Nature. Invariante biologico e potere politico, Derive Approdi. Photocopy avaible.
N. Chomsky, Language and Freedom, in Id., Language and Freedom. Behind the masks of Ideology, il Saggiatore Net, pp. 215-234. Photocopy avaible.
P. Virno, When verb becomes flesh. Language and Human Nature, Bollati Boringhieri, only chap. 6° (“Natural History”). Photocopy avaible.
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