USESED056 Modern Political Philosophy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on reflexion of political philosophy in the 20th and 21st century which reacted to historical-social phenomena with effort to offer new concepts and promises with the aim to release an individual and the society from their misery or to protect it against the upcoming disaster. A modern and contemporary political philosophy then became intellectual laboratory in which the principal concepts, definitions and views were developed and tested in accordance with the normative anchorage of the existing system of the state administration, government and ideologies or the new and alternative views, ideals were created in the same field, of which fulfilment was expected. In the frame of this course, the students will be presented the most important topics of modern and contemporary political philosophy and their relations to topical events in the political field and suggested options at the ideal-political horizon.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of the political
    2. Critical theory
    3. Search for justice
    4. Liberalism and modernity
    5. Communitarianism against liberalism
    6. Liberal egalitarianism
    7. Renewed conservatisms
    8. Radical criticism
    9. Poststructuralism
    10. Trajectory of postmodernism
    11. Alternatives to postmodernism
    12. Feminist political philosophy
Literature
    required literature
  • GOODIN, R. E. - PETTIT, P. (eds.). Contemporary Political Philosophy. An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. info
  • KYMLICKA, W. Contemporary Political Philosophy. An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. info
    recommended literature
  • WOLFF, J. An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. info
  • CAHOONE, L. (ed.). From Modernism to Postmodernism. An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. info
  • CHRISTMAN, J. Social and Political Philosphy. A Contemporary Introduction. London: Routledge, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Preparations for seminars.
Active participation in the seminars.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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