Кто читает:: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 1-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Захарова Елизавета Сергеевна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This one semester course provides an Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy for first year International Relations students. The objective of the course is to familiarise the students with the main ideas and themes of Western Philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to the present day with a special focus on moral, social and political problems. The course also touches upon the ideas in metaphysics, ontology and religious philosophy, but only to extent that these conceptual areas illuminate moral, ethical and political issues. The course aims to broaden the students background to help prepare them for more advanced courses.

Learning Objectives

provide an introduction to the great texts of modern political theory;
examine the meaning and justification of important concepts such as power, polis, state, sovereignty, freedom, justice, virtue, laws, equality and rights;
explore rival theoretical frameworks such as natural law, utilitarianism, egalitarianism, communitarianism and Marxism, through the analysis of classic texts;
develop critical skills necessary to examine and assess complex theoretical arguments and assess their strengths and weaknesses;

Expected Learning Outcomes

To characterise the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe.
To characterise the key ideas of Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche, including their contribution to moral and political philosophy, and to the emerging tradition of Social Theory.
To characterise the key ideas of Hume and Utilitarianism, Rousseau and the French revolution. To characterise the key ideas of the European Enlightenment, primarily of Immanuel Kant, including his contributions to epistemology and moral philosophy.
To characterise the key ideas of the major philosophical movements before and after the Second World War, including Poststructuralism and Postmodernism.
To characterise the key ideas of the Renaissance; the Rationalist Tradition including the epistemological positions of Descartes; the major British Empiricists, including the epistemological positions of Hobbes and Locke.
To characterize the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe.
To characterize Political philosophy as a field of study that investigates the fundamental questions about the nature of power, state, and justice. To see the complex of ideas, theories, and ideologies that have shaped political systems throughout history.
Understands Plato’s social and political theory - understand Aristotle’s realistic approach and main principles of analysis - critically analyze the notions of his philosophy
Analyses Cicero's ideas on the state, republic, power, laws, justice.
Characterises the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe
Characterizes the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe.
Characterizes Political philosophy as a field of study that investigates the fundamental questions about the nature of power, state, and justice. To see the complex of ideas, theories, and ideologies that have shaped political systems throughout history.
Characterizes the key ideas of the Renaissance; the Rationalist Tradition including the epistemological positions of Descartes; the major British Empiricists, including the epistemological positions of Hobbes and Locke.
Analyzes and compares different approaches towards the social contract theories.
Characterizes the key ideas of Hume and Utilitarianism, Rousseau and the French revolution. To characterise the key ideas of the European Enlightenment, primarily of Immanuel Kant, including his contributions to epistemology and moral philosophy.
Characterizes the key ideas of Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche, including their contribution to moral and political philosophy, and to the emerging tradition of Social Theory.
Analyzes the key ideas of the major philosophical movements before and after the Second World War.

Course Contents

What is Political Philosophy?
What is politics? What are political regimes?
What is the state?
Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Philosophy in the XIXth century
Philosophy in the XXth century

Assessment Elements

Quizzes
Quizzes are short tests aimed to verify how the material was learned and understood. During the course there will be 6 quizzes according to the thematic blocks of the course. logically, you will have quizzes at that seminar at which the thematic block ends. Your instructor can help (upon the request) you with the material that needs to be reviewed prior to the quiz.
class participation
All students are expected to attend every class and participate by contributing to the in-class discussions, participating in group project. The statements and answers to the questions must contain well formulated arguments that clearly show your positions. To do this, students must demonstrate a quaity preparation for the seminar: read all the assigned literature and be ready to perform your critical evaluation of it.
Final Oral Exam
You will have two questions to answer. One of the questions will be from the block of key concepts and the second one will be from the History of Political Philosophy block. You will know the list of the questions prior to the exam. But you will not know the precise question you are to answer during the exam. You will have a blind choice of the exam questions, 40 minutes to get ready for the answer within the classroom, and 10-15 minutes to present your final answer to the instructor. The full list of the questions will be available by e-mail one month prior to exam

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 4th module
0.4 * Final Oral Exam + 0.075 * Quizzes + 0.225 * Quizzes + 0.225 * class participation + 0.075 * class participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Aristotle, & Jonathan Barnes. (2016). Aristotle’s Politics : Writings From the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens. Princeton University Press.
Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes, & Anthony Kenny. (2014). Aristotle’s Ethics : Writings From the Complete Works - Revised Edition. Princeton University Press.
Niccolo Machiavelli. (2010). The Prince. [N.p.]: Digireads.com Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1558963
Plato. (2009). The Republic. The Floating Press.
Skinner, Q., & Kalmo, H. (2010). Sovereignty in Fragments : The Past, Present and Future of a Contested Concept. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=352517
Social theory : a historical introduction, Callinicos, A., 2007
What does it all mean?, Nagel, T., 1987

Recommended Additional Bibliography

A History of Modern Political Thought: The Question of Interpretation / Browning, G — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. — 439 с. — ISBN 9780199682287. — URL: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682287.001.0001/acprof-9780199682287?rskey=ditXGf&result=1 (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Hegel: Political Writings / Hegel, G — Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. — 415 с. — ISBN 9780511152108. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=202387&query= (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
History of Western philosophy, Russell, B., 1996
On Liberty / Mill, J — New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. — 263 с. — ISBN 9780300130164. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420105&query=mill+on+liberty (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds : A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 2 / Adamson, P — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. — 455 с. — ISBN 9780191043895. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2101590&query=Adamson%2C+Peter (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Philosophy: the Basics / Warburton, N — London: Routledge, 2012. — 200 с. — ISBN: 9781317813026. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1356359&query=philosophy+reader (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Political Philosophy : An Historical Introduction / White, M — New York: Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2012. — 442 с. — ISBN 9780199860517. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=978154&query=political+philosophy (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
The Communist Manifesto / Marx, K — New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. — 229 с. — ISBN 9780300123012. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420865&query=Marx%2C+Karl (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy / Klosko, G — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. — 856 с. — ISBN 9780199238804. — URL: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199238804.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199238804 (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
The Primacy of the Political : A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions / Howard, Dick — New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. — 417 с. — ISBN 9780231509756. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=908511&query=history+political+thought (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
The Social Contract and The First and Second Discourses / Rousseau, J-J — New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. — 327 с. — ISBN 9780300129434. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420030&query= (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration / Locke, J — New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. — 377 с. — ISBN 9780300129182. — URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420119&query= (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.

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