International Relations and Supranational Institutions

Aim of the course is to reconstruct the different ways of representing the space of international relations elaborated in the history of Western political theory, in a time span that goes from the genesis of the modern 'society of states' to the advent of the global order and its crisis. The course will focus, in particular, on the following topics: The 'Westphalian System' and its conceptual foundations The philosophical roots of modern international law: Vitoria, Grotius, Vattel French Revolution and International Order War and International Law in the 19th century The First World War and its intellectual legacy Carl Schmitt and political realism Kelsen and the origins of legal cosmopolitanism The Second World War and its intellectual legacy Hannah Arendt and the 'right to have rights Late 20th-century philosophical debate and its impact on international relations theory: Rawls, Habermas, Foucault; Sovereignty and human rights in the debate on the 'new global order' The UN laboratory: human security and the responsibility to protect Critical security studies and their conceptual foundations

No cultural or curricular prerequisites.

1) Uno a scelta dei seguenti testi: - F. M. Di Sciullo, F. Ferraresi, M.P. Paternò, Profili del pensiero politico del Novecento, Capp. 4-11, Roma, Carocci, 2015; - Critical Theorists and International Relations, a cura di Jenny Edkins e Nick Vaughan-Williams, London/New York, Routledge, 2009 (Introduzione e Capp. 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 29); 2) Uno a scelta dei seguenti testi: - G. Gozzi, Diritti e civiltà. Storia e filosofia del diritto internazionale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011, Cpp. I-VIII; - O. A. Hathaway, S. J. Shapiro, Gli internazionalisti. Come il progetto di bandire la guerra ha cambiato il mondo, Neri Pozza, 2018; 3) Uno a scelta dei seguenti testi: - L. Scuccimarra, Proteggere l’umanità. Sovranità e diritti umani nell’epoca globale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2016; - D. Archibugi, A. Pease, Delitto e castigo nella società globale, Roma, Castelvecchi, 2017; Pier Paolo Portinaro, La metamorfosi degli imperi. Nuove guerre e catastrofe del diritto, Solferino, 2025; - David andersen-Rodgers, Kerry F. Crawford, Human security: Theory and Action, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018; - Robert J. Hanlon & Kenneth Christie, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want. An Introduction to Human Security, University of Toronto Press, 2016; - Columba Peoples & Nick Vaughan-Williams, Critical Security Studies. An Introduction, New Tork, Routledge, 2020;

Lecture attendance is not compulsory but is strongly recommended

The final exam will take place in oral form and will be articulated on the basis of three questions about. The student will have to demonstrate to know the course material that is part of the syllabus and to be able to discuss historical and theoretical problems using an appropriate terminology. In agreement with the attending students may also be fixed intermediate tests in written form, hour-long, with 3 open-answer questions; attending students may also choose to submit a written research report (10-15 pages) on an agreed topics, which will be discussed during the examination.

The course will be articulated in lectures, aimed at providing advanced knowledge on the theoretical and conceptual lines of elaboration that are specifically addressed. Open discussions will be held on the main topics of each lecture, in order to improve the communication skills and the reflective capacity of students.