Contemporary Political Philosophy
| Title | Σύγχρονη Πολιτική Φιλοσοφία / Contemporary Political Philosophy |
| Code | ΚΥ0302 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Political Sciences |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Nikolaos Sevastakis |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600021987 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600231343
|
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600231343
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of major contemporary political theories and
concepts
Familiarity with fundamental aspects of political ideas.
Synthesize, analyse and critically debating basic arguments and theoretical
positions.
General Competences
- Work autonomously
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course provides an overview of crucial moments in political thought as
they were expressed through the Liberal-Communitarian debate, the
emergence of civic republicanism and the normative cleavages concerning the
nature of democratic citizenship and multiculturalism. Students are introduced
to the particular “chapters’’ of contemporary theoretical debate such as the
controversy on individualism and atomism, the problem of a well-ordered or a
good society, the different conceptions of freedom and rights, the crisis of
civic values in advanced liberal capitalist societies, the theoretical turn
towards communicative and deliberative patterns of public reason.
The course provides a critical introduction to the basic normative issues of
contemporary political theory and offers an understanding of political tensions
that confront the West during the last thirty years.
Week 1. Introduction to the field of contemporary political theory. The
moment of John Rawls and his Theory of Justice.
Week 2. The two principles of Justice and the definition of egalitarian
liberalism.
Week 3. Political Liberalism. Overlapping consensus and modern pluralism.
Week 4. Libertanism and the minimal state. Historical-political contexte and
the reapproriation of classical liberal theories.
Week 5. The communitarian critique of liberal individualism. Neoaristotelism
and civic republicanism.
Week 6. The righ and the good. Concepts and problems.
Week 7. Michael Walzer and Charles Taylor. The communitarian-liberal
synthesis.
Week 8. The problem of multiculturalism. Introduction to the field.
Week 9. Citizenship and identity politics.
Week 10.Procedural and deliberative democracy. Between Rawls and
Habermas.
Week 11. Feminist political theory. Liberal and radical democratic feminism.
Week 12. Radical critics and the theories of rational consensus and moral
universalism.
Week 13. Final Recapitulation. Chosen topics for discussιοn.
Keywords
Political community, theories of justice, liberalism, communitarian critic
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.4 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | 1.5 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 50 | 1.8 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 8 | 0.3 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 137 | 5.0 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΘΕΩΡΙΑ: ΜΙΑ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ
(ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ 86194663) ANDREW HEYWOOD ΕΠΙΚΕΝΤΡΟ 2019 ΑΘΗΝΑ
ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΘΕΩΡΙΑ
(ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ 68379748) SHORTEN ANDREW ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ Α.Ε. 2017 (1η έκδοση) ΑΘΗΝΑ
Additional bibliography for study
Michael Sandel, Δικαιοσύνη, Αθήνα, Πόλις.
Renaut, Alain, Τι είναι ένας ελεύθερος λαός; Φιλελευθερισμός ή
ρεπουμπλικανισμός, Πόλις.
Kymlicka, Will, Η πολιτική φιλοσοφία της εποχής μας, Αθήνα, Πόλις, 2004
Sandel, Michael, Ο φιλελευθερισμός και τα όρια της δικαιοσύνης, Αθήνα,
Πόλις, 2004
Hampsher, Ian, A history of modern political thought, Blackwell, 1992.
Walzer, Michael, Τhe communitarian critic of Liberalism, Political Theory, vol.
18 (1)
Χατζής, Αριστείδης, «Η αναβίωση της ρεπουμπλικανικής θεωρίας δικαίου: μια
κριτική προσέγγιση», Επιστήμη και Κοινωνία, Άνοιξη 2000, τ.4, 79-116
Plant, R. Modern Political Thought, Oxford, Blackwell, 1991.
Barry, Norman, An introduction to modern political theories, London,
Macmillan, 1995.
Raz, J. The morality of freedom, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986.
G. den Hartogh, The Good life as a Public Good, Dordnecht, Kluwer, 2000.
Rawls, John, Θεωρία δικαιοσύνης, Αθήνα, Πόλις.
Rawls, John, Πολιτικός Φιλελευθερισμός, Μεταιχμιο.
Last Update
15-12-2022
