Political Theory I. - JPD075

• Title: Political Theory I.
• Czech title: Politické teorie I.
• Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2019
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course is intended for doctoral students only; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Franěk, Ph.D.; Janusz Salamon, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Franěk, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

The seminar in political theory that spans over the entire academic year (with a grade being awarded at the end of
the summer semester) is designed exclusively for doctoral students in political science whose doctoral research
can benefit from detailed exploration of the current scholarly debate in political philosophy/political theory.
While the first term focuses on debates about egalitarian liberalism, the second term is concerned with issues
pertaining to the so-called crisis of democracy.The choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to be
discussed during seminar meetings is largely determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projects
of the students who will participate in the seminar.

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Franěk, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

The list of required and recommended literature for individual seminar eetings will be determined at the beginning of each semester based on the research interets of seminar participants. 

Syllabus

Last update: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. (07.10.2020)

SYLLABUS

 

Political Philosophy PhD Seminar - JPD075

Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague

 

Instructors: Jakub Franěk, Ph.D., Janusz Salamon, Ph.D.

Prerequisites: Onlydoctoral students in political science from Charles University can participate

PLACE: Nove Butovice campus [due to COVID restrictions, at least until 15 November the seminars will take an ONLINE form on ZOOM platform. The links will be published on this webpage in due course]

TIME: Four 3-hour sessions per semester, Wednesda, 11am-2pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION & COURSE CONTENTS:

This seminar in political philosophy that spans over the entire academic year (with a grade being awarded at the end of the summer semester) is designed exclusively for doctoral students in political science whose doctoral research can benefit from detailed exploration of the current scholarly debate in political philosophy/political theory. Therefore the choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to be discussed during eight 3-hour long seminar meetings is always determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projects of the students who will participate in the seminar.

seminar.

 

COURSE TOPICS

Since the acutal topics discussed at individua seminar meetings depend largely on the research focus of ndividual doct oral students, the following list of topics is only illustative. 

 

The choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to be
discussed during seminar meetings is partly determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projects
of the students who will participate in the seminar.
1. What is political theory/philosophy?
2. Rawls‘ justice as fairness
3. Nozick’s entitlement theory
4. Egalitarian justice
5. What is (a) crisis of democracy?
6. Deliberative democracy and its shortcomings
7. Radical and plural democracy of Laclau and Mouffe
8. Aversive democracy
9. Democratic proceduralism revisited (Urbinati)
10. Democracy and representation

 

COURSE GRADING

8 Research Reports (1 per each seminar)    35%

1 Research Paper                    25%

Active Participation in the discussion        40%

Total                            100%

Research Reports

Each student will be expected to submit to Dr. Franěk and Dr. Salamon a report (ca. 1000 words) evidencing familiarity with the problems discussed in ALL the readings assigned for a given seminar. The reports will be due a week before the given seminar meeting.

 

Research Paper (ca. 4000 words, without footnotes and bibliography)

The paper will be an in-depth critical discussion of a topic – to be selected by each student after a consultation with the instructor(s)  – that needs to be closely related to one or more issues explored during the seminar.