Study-unit SOCIOLOGY OF EUROPE

Course name	International relations
Study-unit Code	A000381
Curriculum	Cooperazione internazionale e state building
Lecturer	Ambrogio Santambrogio
Lecturers	Ambrogio Santambrogio
Hours	42 ore - Ambrogio Santambrogio
CFU	6
Course Regulation	Coorte 2023
Supplied	2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector	SPS/07
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities	Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction	Italian.
Contents	1. Creating utopia: Ventotene Manifesto 2. Building a European Society. 3. Developing a European public religion: commemorating Memorial Day.
Reference texts	1. Altiero Spinelli, Ernesto Rossi, Il Manifesto di Ventotene, Mondadori, Milano 2006. 2. Alessandro Cavalli, Alberto Martinelli, La società europea, il Mulino, Bologna 2015. 3. RILES (a cura di), Rammemorare la Shoah. 27 gennaio e identità europea, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2009.
Educational objectives	The course provides an introduction to problems and prospects for the building of a European society. In fact, a shared sense of belonging to the European community is the decisive requirement for real integration. Sociology can provide its key concepts releasing them from the nation-State and elevating them to a supranational level, in order to develop a scientific analysis of this process.
Prerequisites	Students not having a basic knowledge of Sociology are advised to read Introduzione alla sociologia. Le teorie, i concetti, gli autori, Ambrogio Santambrogio, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2019 (second edition).
Teaching methods	Lectures and exercises.
Other information	The course includes integrative didactic activities.
Learning verification modality	Oral exam.
Extended program	1. Creating utopia: Ventotene Manifesto 2. Building a European Society. 3. Developing a European public religion: commemorating Memorial Day.