Teacher
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DEL PRETE Antonella
(syllabus)
The course will explore the link between political philosophy, moral philosophy and issues related to communication. The lectures will focus in particular on the relationship between democracy and communication. If we start from a definition of democracy that also includes a normative element, we must use a concept of communication intended as informed participation in decision-making processes and debates that precede them. and that follow them. In particular, we will analyze some key texts of Jürgen Habermas, one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century. The course will be organized according to two sections: after an accurate presentation of the author and the philosophical tradition to which it belongs, we will explain in detail a brief text in which Habermas attempt to demonstrate how democracy, the ethic founded on universalistic principles and the discourse imply each other. The first major work by Habermas will then be studied, developing the link between politics and communication by studying the ways in which the concept of public opinion was formed in Europe and what concrete forms the public sphere took between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.
(reference books)
S. Petrucciani, Introduzione a Habermas, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004
J. Habermas, Etica del discorso, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004, da p. 49 a p. 121 J. Habermas, Storia e critica dell'opinione pubblica, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005 J. Habermas, Fatti e norme. Contributi a una teoria discorsiva del diritto e della democrazia, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2013, pp. 369-433.
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