POL702 History of Political Ideas

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Bastl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to get the students acquainted with the most important political philosophers and their contributions to political thinking. The students will be introduced to key concepts of Western political philosophy. It is necessary that the students follow the program of readings specified in this syllabus.
Syllabus
  • 1. week (23.9. - 29.9. 2002) The students get familiar with the syllabus. Consultation 16:00, 28.9. 2002. 2. week (30.9. - 6.10. 2002) Study program: Political philosophy before Plato, Socrates, and Plato. Reading: see below. 3. week (7. - 13.10. 2002) Study program: Aristotle, political philosophy after Aristotle and Roman political thinking. Reading: see below. 4. week (14. - 20.10. 2002) Study program: Christian political thinking, the fathers of the church (Augustine) and scholastics (Thomas Aquinas). Reading: see below. 5. week (21. - 27.10. 2002) Study program: The dawn of the modern age: Machiavelli. Reading: see below. 6. week (28.10. - 3.11. 2002) Study program: Social contract theories (Hobbes and Locke). Reading: see below. Consultation 16:00, 2.11. 2002. 7. week (4. - 10.11. 2002) Study program: Enlightenment in France, Montesquieu and Rousseau. Reading: see below. 8. week (11. - 17.11. 2002) Study program: Enlightenment and deontology (Kant). Reading: see below. 9. week (18. - 24.11. 2002) Study program: Conservatism (Burke). Reading: see below. 10. week (25.11. - 1.12. 2002) Study program: Revolutionary humanism (Marx). Reading: see below. 11. week (2. - 8.12. 2002) Study program: Modernity and the politics of the 20th century (Weber) Reading: see below. Consultation 16:00, 7.12. 2002. Deadline for the essay! 12. week (9. - 15.12. 2002) The students are supposed to finish compulsory readings. 13. week (16. - 20.12. 2002) The students start preparation for the final examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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