Social and political philosophy

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Research interests

Lorenzo Bernini: Associate Professor
Olivia Guaraldo: Full Professor

Ilaria Possenti: Associate Professor

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
The right to have rights	Ilaria Possenti	This research field investigates the Arendtian reflection on the "right to have rights" as a relevant contribution to philosophical and political reflection on contemporary migrations.
Politics, economics and society	Ilaria Possenti	Starting from a critical reading of the arendtian opposition between the socio-economic and political sphere, the research deals with a theoretical position, aiming to rethink "political freedom” in the perspective of the "social question" (labor, needs, poverty) .
Politics and Vulnerability	Olivia Guaraldo	Rethinking political subjectivity in the light of the perspective of vulnerability and care. The background is the thought of sexual difference and feminist political and legal theories.
Political Theory and Public Happiness	Olivia Guaraldo	The political concepts of modernity and their transformations are analyzed with specific reference to the Arendtian concept of 'Public Happiness' with the aim of redefining political freedom and participation.
Queer Theories	Lorenzo Bernini	Queer Theories are a branch of contemporary critical theory that questions power relations from the point of view of sexual minorities.