History of Contemporary Italy

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course aims to acquire the ability to understand the history of Italy from the Risorgimento until today, according to a perspective interlacing local, national and supranational dimensions. It will analyse the main political, cultural, social and economical points that characterised the Italian history, with peculiar emphasis on the 1900s. This course is co-taught by two faculty members of the Political Science department to trace the growth of the Italian Political System in context with the rest of the world, analyzing the effects of the American and French political philosophies of revolution, as well as the ramifications of fascism on contemporary Italy.