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POL264 Modern Political Thought 2

POL264 Modern Political Thought 2 (POL264B - Spring)

Credits: 15
Semester: 2
Timetable:

Seminar Semester 2: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Tuesday 11 am - 12 pm Semester 2: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Tuesday 1 pm - 2 pm Semester 2: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Tuesday 3 pm - 4 pm Lecture Semester 2: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Tuesday 9 am - 10 am

Module Convenor: Prof Kimberly Hutchings
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module builds on the analysis of concepts and ideologies begun in the first year. It enables students to follow through key ideas and debates about equality, power, revolution, democracy, identity and politics in modern political thought. It covers a range of thinkers from exemplars of Liberalism and Marxism to their anarchist, feminist, postcolonial and postmodern critics. The module focuses on thinkers from the mid- to late-C20th, such as Fanon, Gandhi, Beauvoir, Habermas, Rawls, and Foucault (the thinkers may change from year to year).

Connected course(s): Compulsory for: L202, L20Y
Assessment: Item 1: 40% Essay (2000 words) Item 2: 60% Examination (2 hours)
Level: 5

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