Unit Peace and War Theories
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- A001427
- Curriculum
- Conflitti internazionali, studi strategici e analisi di politica estera
- Teacher
- Nicoletta Stradaioli
- Teachers
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- Nicoletta Stradaioli
- Hours
- 60 ore - Nicoletta Stradaioli
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Formazione storico-istituzionale
- Sector
- SPS/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian Erasmus Students: Erasmus students are invited to attend the course. The oral exam can be taken in English. However, a basic knowledge of Italian is required. Please contact the instructor for an appointment before the course begins.
- Contents
- The course aims to examine the debate on peace and war, international relations, and the global order from the perspective of the history of political thought. From the medieval period to contemporary times, the thought of key authors involved in this debate will be analyzed within selected significant contexts. In particular, the course will focus on the texts (provided by the teacher on Unistudim) of political thinkers who have dealt with issues related to peace and war.
- Reference texts
- For attending students, the exam will focus on the content of the lectures and the analysis of the texts provided by the teacher. Non-attending students: the exam will be based on one text chose form the following list: - Forme e culture della guerra, a cura di Paulo Butti de Lima e Francesco Tuccari, Bologna, il Mulino, 2025. - Capitini, A., Le ragioni della nonviolenza. Antologia degli scritti, a cura di Mario Martini, Pisa, ETS, 2016. - Scuccimarra L., Proteggere l’umanità. Sovranità e diritti umani nell’epoca globale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2016. - Schmitt C., Il Nomos della terra, Milano, Adelphi, 1991. - Walzer M., Guerre giuste e ingiuste. Un discorso morale con esemplificazioni storiche, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
- Educational objectives
- By the end of the course, the student will have gained a good understanding of the debate on war and peace, international relations, and the global order in modern and contemporary political thought. In addition, the student will have learned the conceptual and theoretical tools necessary to analyzed and interpret the main political doctrines that have addressed issues related to peace and war.
- Prerequisites
- A good knowledge of modern history, contemporary history, and the history of political thought is required.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures based on in-class readings of the texts by the political thinkers being examined, along with the reconstruction of the relevant historical, political, and geographical contexts.
- Other information
- Attendance at classes is optional, but recommended. Non-attending students will prepare for the exam using a different syllabus (see ‘Reference texts’ section).
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam at the end of the course. There are no mid-term assessments or other forms of written examination.
- Extended program
- The course aims to reconstruct, from the perspective of the history of political thought, the debate on war and peace, international relations, and the global order. Particular attention will be given to those authors and texts that, due to their relevance, have marked the most significant moments in this debate. In this regard, taking into account the historical context, the texts of those political thinkers who addressed themes related to peace and war from the premodern era to the contemporary age will be analyzed.