Political Theory II. - JPD076

• Title: Political Theory II.
• Czech title: Politické teorie II.
• Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2019
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer 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 inidivdiual seminar meeetings will be determined at the beginning of each semester based on seminar participants' research interest.

Syllabus

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

Since the choice of topics disucssed durign indidvidual seminar meetings, the following list of topics is illustrative only. 

 

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