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Moscow School for Social and Economic Sciences


Master Program


Political Sociology and Political Research


Course Units Outlines


Moscow - 2010

PS001. History of Political Thought

1. GENERAL INFORMATION
   

Title	History of Political Thought
Unit Code	PS001
Credit rating	30
Level	MA
Contact hours	63
Pre-requisite units
Co-requisite units	Methodology of Sociological Research
School responsible	Moscow School of Social & Economic Science (Faculty of Political Science)
Member of staff responsible	Dr. Timur Minyazhev, Dr. Alexander Filippov

2. AIMS


The history of political thought is a basic component of the master’s degree programme on political science. This course is devoted to theoretical exploration in the domain of political thought. We will discuss various topics, varying from ancient understanding of political life and reflections about the tranquility and political stability or upheaval.


The course has three overlapping aims:

- To provide an advanced, systematic and critical understanding of issues at the forefront of political thought.

- Develop the ability to analyze and evaluate a complex body of argument and to interpret main theoretical texts.

- To acquaint students with the debate on the key political problems in political theory from ancient time to Modern era.

- To provide holistic thinking for students to learn how different political ways of thinking are diverged or can be converged.

- To give comprehensive understanding of main currents in the ancient, medieval and modern political thinking.


3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT


Content


1. The idea of Plato’s Republic.

2. Ethics and Politics as a kind of political science of Aristotle.

3. The development of stoicism in the Ancient Rome philosophy.

4. Augustinian elaboration of the problem of order.

5. Saint Thomas Aquinas on Law and Politics.

6. The logic of discourses in Marcellus’s 'Defencor Pacis'.

7. The rise of utopist thinking in XVI-XVII centuries.

8. Niccolò Machiavelli and founding of Modern Political Science

9. Reason of the State and the idea of sovereignty: political
philosophy in 16-17 centuries.
10-11. The concept of Social contract in political philosophies of T.
Hobbes, J. Locke and J. J. Rousseau.
12-13.  Evolution of natural right from the early modern philosophers to
French Revolution.
14.  Moral and politics in Kant's philosophy.
15.  State and civil society: from the Scottish moral philosophers to
Hegel's Philosophy of Right.
16-17.  The idea of freedom and the concept of alienation in German
classical idealism and in the Marxist thought.
18.  Political philosophy and violence: Georges Sorel  and Walter
Benjamin.
19.  The concept of the political: Carl Schmitt.
20.  The evil, the responsibility and the freedom in the political
thought of Hannah Arendt.

21. What is Political Thought? Sum of course.


Core Reading


- Balot, R. K. A companion to Greek and Roman political thought. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

- Burns, J. H. & Goldie, M. The Cambridge history of political thought, 1450-1700. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991

- Coleman, Janet. A History of political Thought. From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity. Oxford ; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2000

- Dryzek J.S., Honig B., Phillips A. (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006

- Losco J. & Williams L. (ed) Political Theory. Classical Writing. Contemporary Views. New York: St.Martin's Press, 1992

- Rowe, C. J., & Schofield, M. The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman political thought (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005


- The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700 / by J. H. Burns,
Mark Goldie (eds)
- The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought / Ed. By
Terence Ball


- Skinner Q. Visions of Politics. Vol. 1-3. Cambdridge, 2002.
- Rawls J., Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy / Ed. By Barbara
Herrmann. Cambdridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Cohen J. & Arato A. Civil society and political theory.
Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1994.


4. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Category of outcome	Students should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding	- understand the main definitions and concepts in the history of political thought; - understand the development of political thought; - understand the social and historical conditions which related; to particularity of political tractates;
Intellectual skills	- develop the ability to make a comparative analysis of the political modes of thought; - develop the ability to describe and analyze the works of particular political thinker; - develop the ability of critical and analytic (research) skills;
Practical skills	- advanced communication skills to present their own understanding of the history of political thought; - using political concepts to describe the continuity of political thought; - resolve problems: identify the features of problem, including aspects of risk and select approaches and solutions; - identify desired communication outcomes; enhance understanding and engagement by academic and professional audiences; - research independently, by identifying and managing library and information resources including online, correctly citing, acknowledging and referencing sources; - undertake effectively independent and self-managed learning;
Transferable skills and personal qualities	- effective written and oral communication; - read, write and communicate in English on academic topics; - reflect and write analytically; - engage in scientific discussion and deliver creative and original thought; - find information and use information technology (including e-library resources) - exercise self-reliance skills and develop independent learning ability; - manage time and work to deadlines.

5. LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESSES (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
   

- Contact hours: lections (70%) and tutorials (30%).

- Private assignment preparation

- Directed reading (paper and electronic texts)

- Essay writing

- Written exam

5. ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING THE USE OF E-LEARNING)
   

Assessment task	Length	Weighting within unit (if relevant)
Essay	1st 3000-5000 words 2nd 8000-10000 words	20% 60%
Written Exam		20 %

Date of current version	12 March 2010
Approved by Deans’ meeting	23 March 2010