Università Roma Tre

In the framework of the training activity French legal language "Les normes et le sacré", the course will be dedicated to a comparative history of the concept of institution. The first meetings will focus on an analysis of the juridical sense of institution also in light of the contributions provided by religion (theology and canon law), sociology, anthropology, economics and politics. The second part of the course will be devoted to the historical and current reflection on some voices of the Vocabulaire des institutions indo-européennes of the linguist Emile Benveniste. In particular we will examine: 1) «fidélité personnelle»; 2) "créance et croyance"; 3) "gratuité et reconnaissance"; 4) "" med "et la notion de mesure". It will not be a question of offering a reading from a linguistic point of view, but of using the results of Benveniste's survey as a basis for developing a multidisciplinary reflection on the institution.

The material will be provided from time to time during the lessons.