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Gallery of testimonials

Gallery of testimonials. MODULE 1 From the Industrial Revolution to the Postmodern Crisis of Capitalism Manchester: A Case Study in European History. Differents points of view about capitalism: A Gallery of Testimonials. WORKSHOP 6 CREDITS. BALDO Sara MONGERA Enrico MONTANARI Veronica

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  1. Gallery of testimonials

  2. MODULE 1 From the Industrial Revolution to the Postmodern Crisis of Capitalism Manchester: A Case Study in European History Differents points of view about capitalism:A Gallery of Testimonials

  3. WORKSHOP 6CREDITS • BALDO Sara • MONGERA Enrico • MONTANARI Veronica • TALIAN Lorenzo • ZANUTTA Riccardo

  4. WHAT AND HOW? Task: Gallery of testimonials Objectives: To create a mental archive useful to bring into focus the thinkers’ ideas about capitalism as a process which has modified the architecture and the social structure. Materials: (texts, resources, videos, pictures, articles, Pc, the Internet, teacher’s site) Text types analysed: Memoir, Articles, Essays Methodology: Group work (cooperative and collaborative learning)

  5. WHY? Language skills: speaking, reading, writing, discussing, interacting, public speaking Study Skills and Knowledge: structure of argumentative text, use of literary code,textual structural analysis,selection of resources,critical interpretation of resources, spoken and written production, interaction ICT skills: Office(.doc, .ppt), Internet surfing, pdf… What to do with the language Competence: Creating a gallery of testimonials

  6. SKILLS - STUDY PRACTICE FEED-BACK Learning skills • reading, • manipulating differents texts’typologies • acquiring a specific vocabulary • comprehension, • textual analysis, • group discussion, • Selection skills, • critical thinking, • gathering of ideas, • planning, • drafting, • redrafting, • peer proof reading, • image selection, • reorganizing, • generating a .ppt presentation • generating a .pdf document • public speaking

  7. FEEDBACK 1. What you have learnt? • Selecting resources, news about capitalism and the current economic and social situation in Europe, interacting in a workgroup. 2.What could be improved more? 3.Level of appreciation and usefullness of workshop: • We appreciated this work beacuse it was useful to learn new details about economy

  8. Testimonials • Alexis de Tocqueville • Thomas Sowell • Charles Dickens • Jeanette Winterson • Riccardo Bellofiore’s journal article • Luigi Zingales

  9. Alexis de Tocqueville(1805-1859) • French Political thinker and historian • Liberal position about democracy, • Reference text: Journey to England and Ireland • Focus:Manchester • Cross cultural references: J.Bentham, A. Tocqueville , A. Toynbee, K. Marx, F. Engels,, • Critical thinking: alienation, exploitation, industrialization,, inequal distribution of wealth, bad working condition, double nature of capitalism,utilitarism

  10. Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 -1883) • German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist • Critical of his contemporary economy, politic, society and culture Reference text: Das Kapital • Focus:Capitalism • Cross cultural references: A. Toynbee, K. Marx, Luigi Zingales • Critical thinking:industrialization,, inequal distribution of wealth, money creates wealth

  11. Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 -1950) • An Austrian American economist and political scientist. • Popularized the term "creative destruction" in economics • Reference text: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy • Focus:Capitalism • Cross cultural references: K. Marx, L. Zingales, R. Bellofiore • Critical thinking: industrialization, the European financial situation, creative destruction

  12. Charles Dickens(1812-1870) • English Victorian novelist • remarkable characters • superb telling technique • symbolic portraitsocial class contrast • Reference text: Hard Times •  • Utilitarianism • Focus:Coketown • Cross cultural references: J.Bentham, A. Tocqueville , A. Toynbee, K. Marx, F. Engels, L. Zingales, • Critical thinking: alienation, exploitation, industrialization, facts versus fancy, wealth versus well-being, working class - capitalists

  13. Thomas Sowell (1930) • American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author • conservative thinker of the late 20th century • America's leading philosopher • seminal study on the role of Race in history • explain the principles underlying modern economics. • Cross cultural references: J.Bentham, A.Tocqueville , A. Toynbee, K. Marx, F. Engels,, • Critical thinking: pushiness, justice and equality, civil rights, race and ethnicity

  14. Winston Churchill(1874-1965) • British Conservative Politician • statesman and orator • twice Prime Minister (1940–45 and 1951–55) • officer in the British Army • historian, writer, artist • he received the Nobel Prize in Literature • Focus: Capitalism • Cross cultural references: • Critical thinking:capitalism, socialism, blessing, industrialization, wealth versus well-being, working class, army

  15. Jeanette Winterson (1959) • Contemporary English Writer • adopted by Pentecostal parents • boundaries of physicality and the imagination, gender polarities, sexual identities Reference text: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? • Focus: Manchester • Cross cultural references: A. Toynbee, K. Marx, F. Engels, C. Dickens • Critical thinking: industrialization, wealth versus well-being, working class – capitalists, process of change, contradictions inside society.

  16. Luigi Zingales(1963) An economist and educator, and the winner of the 2003 Germán Bernácer Prize to the best European economist under 40 working in macro-finance. Competition isn’t guaranted by the control organisms Reference text: A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity Focus:Capitalism Cross cultural references: Adam Smith, Critical thinking: actualization, financial problems in Europe

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