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Reading for Class 01 - SOCRATES Trial and decision to die - Apology Crito.pdf | Reading for Class 01 - SOCRATES Trial and decision to die - Apology Crito | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 02 - PLATOs Utopia in Cohen Question of Justice in Platos Republic.pdf | Reading for Class 02 - PLATOs Utopia in Cohen Question of Justice in Platos Republic | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 03 - ARISTOTLE in McClelland Polybius and Cicero on Roman Republic.pdf | Reading for Class 03 - ARISTOTLE in McClelland Polybius and Cicero on Roman Republic | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 04 - MACHIAVELLI - in Gingell.pdf | Reading for Class 04 - MACHIAVELLI - in Gingell | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 05 - HOBBES in Cohen & Gingelll.pdf | Reading for Class 05 - HOBBES | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 06 - LOCKE in Cohen and Gingell.pdf | Reading for Class 06 - LOCKE in Cohen and Gingell | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 08 - ROUSSEAU in Cohen & Gingell.pdf | Reading for Class 08 - ROUSSEAU in Cohen & Gingell | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 09 - KANT's Political Theory - in Sullivan.pdf | Reading for Class 09 - KANT's Political Theory - in Sullivan | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 10 - HEGEL and Hegelian Context of Marxism.pdf | Reading for Class 10 - HEGEL and Hegelian Context of Marxism | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Reading for Class 11 - Hegel, Nietzsche and the FASCISTS.pdf | Reading for Class 11 - Hegel, Nietzsche and the FASCISTS | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR READING 01 - Was PLATO a Totalitarian - Routledge Guidebook.pdf | SEMINAR READING 01 - Was PLATO a Totalitarian | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR READING 02 - Interpreting MACHIAVELLI - from Edwards & Townshend.pdf | SEMINAR READING 02 - Interpreting MACHIAVELLI | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading 03 - Interpreting LOCKE - from Edwards & Townshend.pdf | SEMINAR Reading 03 - Interpreting LOCKE | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading 04 - Interpreting ROUSSEAU.pdf | SEMINAR Reading 04 - Interpreting ROUSSEAU | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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SEMINAR Reading 05 - Interpreting HEGEL.pdf | SEMINAR Reading 05 - Interpreting HEGEL | Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. |
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Poslední úprava: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. (24.03.2024)
SYLLABUS
CLASSICS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT – JPB 195 Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague Instructor: Dr Janusz Salamon ETCS: 6 credits
PLACE & TIME - TUESDAY morning in JINONICE campus: (1) SEMINAR at 8:00 in B316 - for Groups 2 & 4 (every second week) followed by (2) LECTURE at 9:30 in C123 - for EVERYONE followed by (3) SEMINAR at 11:00 in B330 - for Groups 1 & 3 (every second week) Explanation: Every mandatory course is accompanied by a seminar. You will have 6 seminars spread across the entire semester. We will divide the class alphabetically into FOUR Seminar Groups and each group will have a seminar every second week, STARTING IN WEEK 2 of the semester (for details see the schedule below). All SEMINAR READINGS will be uploaded in the SIS, below the CLASS READINGS.
CONTACTS: Office hours: MONDAYS at 14:00-15:20 and TUESDAYS at 12.30-13.50, in my office C514 in Jinonice (taking the lift next to Student Club / PPE Common Room)
1. Course objectives The aim of this course is to enable students to explore the key ideas of some of the greatest minds in the history of political philosophy by studying representative fragments of their works. In the course of the semester we will explore some of the most important philosophical questions that shape the way we understand and act in the world of politics. We will read selections from the seminal works of ancient as well as modern political thinkers and tackle such questions as the nature of the state and political power, the justification of political obligation, or the relation between political and economic freedom.
2. Student learning outcomes Upon completion of this course, students should: · Comprehend the ideas of the seminal thinkers of Western philosophic tradition studies in the course; · Understand and analyse the basic concepts, ideas and problems relevant to the study of politics; · Have improved their analytical, argumentative, and writing skills.
3. Teaching methodology This course is a combination of a lecture and a seminar. Students will be expected to actively participate in the class discussion. It is therefore of paramount importance that they study the assigned texts before class.
4. Course Schedule
Class 1 SOCRATES and the birth of political philosophy [a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone (NO SEMINARS in Week 1)]
Class 2 PLATO's progressive politics based on reason and his defence of the enlightened rule of the meritocratic elite [SEMINAR 1 for Group 2 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 1 for Group 1 at 11:00]
Class 3 ARISTOTLE's conservative politics based on nature and his impact on POLYBIUS' and CICERO's defence of republicanism [SEMINAR 1 for Group 4 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 1 for Group 3 at 11:00]
Class 4 MACHIAVELLI's rediscovery of republicanism and the problem of 'dirty hands" in politics [SEMINAR 2 for Group 2 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 2 for Group 1 at 11:00]
Class 5 HOBBES on the establishment of the state through social contract between individuals [SEMINAR 2 for Group 4 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 2 for Group 3 at 11:00] Class 6 LOCKE and the birth of modern individualistic liberalism [SEMINAR 3 for Group 2 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 3 for Group 1 at 11:00] Class 7 MID-TERM in-class 90 minutes long TEST for everyone (the same form as my "finals", only shorter): 9:30-11:00 in classroom C123
Class 8 ROUSSEAU on equality and reconciliation of individual freedom and state authority [SEMINAR 3 for Group 4 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 3 for Group 3 at 11:00]
Class 9 KANT on human autonomy as the goal of politics [SEMINAR 4 for Group 2 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 1 for Group 2 at 11:00]
Class 10 HEGEL on historicity and cultural identity underlying politics [SEMINAR 4 for Group 4 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 4 for Group 3 at 11:00]
Class 11 Hegel, Darwin/Spencer, NIETZSCHE and intellectual sources of FASCISM [SEMINAR 5 for Group 2 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 4 for Group 1 at 11:00]
Class 12 Echoes of Western Conservatism in the NON-WESTERN MODERN political traditions (Islamist and Hindutva) [SEMINAR 5 for Group 4 at 8.00, followed by a LECTURE at 9.30 for everyone, followed by SEMINAR 5 for Group 3 at 11:00]
Class 13 [SEMINAR 6 for ALL GROUPS - details to be announced in due course]
5. Reading material All assigned readings are available online at the course's SIS website. The readings will be taken mainly from the following works: Classics of Philosophy, L.P. Pojman (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2003; Modern Political Thought: A Reader, J. Gingell, A. Little, Winch (eds), Routledge, 2000; Political Thinkers from Socrates to the Present, D. Boucher & P. Kelly (eds), Oxford, 2003; A History of Western Political Thought, J.S. McClelland, Routledge, 2005; Political Philosophy from Plato to Mao, M. Cohen, Pluto Press, 2001; Plato: The Republic; Crito; Apology; Aristotle: Politics; Nicomachean Ethics; Machiavelli: Prince; Hobbes: Leviathan; Locke: Second Treatise of Government; Rousseau: Discourse on the Origins of Inequality; On Social Contract; Marx: On the Jewish Question; Communist Manifesto; J. S. Mill: On Liberty; M. Wollstonecraft, The Vindication of the Rights of Women;
COURSE GRADING: Quality participation in the SEMINAR + Final SEMINAR Essay = 25% Mid-term In-Class Written Test 25% Final Written Exam 50% Total 100%
SEMINAR INSTRUCTION: The seminar is mandatory. As indicated in the Syllabus (above), the seminar will be taught in 4 groups. Each student will be informed during Week 1 to which group they belong. Each student must do the relevant seminar reading in advance (the familiarity with the seminar reading will be tested through quizzes at the beginning of each seminar, therefore students who will arrive late and will not take the quiz, will loose the points awarded for the quizzes (2, 1 or 0 points for a single quiz).
SEMINAR READINGS are uploaded below (in the SIS, not Moodle). The seminars will consists of the discussion of the philosophical arguments introduced in the "seminar readings". FINAL ESSAY INSTRUCTION: TOPIC OF THE FINAL SEMINAR ESSAY: “WHICH OF THE POLITICAL IDEAS that you have encountered in the class and seminar readings AFTER THE MID-TERM (i.e., in Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel) may be helpful in DIAGNOSING/UDERSTANDING SOME CURRENT POLITICAL CHALLENGE/PROBLEM and/or PROVIDING POSSIBLE RESPONSE(s)/SOLUTION(s) to that current political challenge/problem.” LENGTH: 1500 to 1700 words DEADLINE: 48 before your final exam
FINAL EXAM INSTRUCTION: FINAL EXAM is an in-class 3 hours long written exam, students choose one of the three exam dates by registering in the SIS. FINAL EXAM will include "discussing" 3 topics selected by the students from a list of topics, however, the list will be constructed in such a way that each student will have to discuss at least TWO topics that were explored in BOTH the Class Readings AND in the Seminar Readings. So the point of the exam will be to test the understanding of the MAIN philosophical issues and arguments explored at BOTH the lectures AND the seminars. NB: Mid-term test will cover ONLY the material of classes 1-5 (Hobbes included) and Seminars 1-2, while the Final Exam will cover the material explored in the REMAINING lecture readings and seminar readings.
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