Political Philosophy 3501-FP19-M
Lecture in political philosophy presents the philosophical dimension of political issues. Subject of the lecture is significantly related to the history of philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, sociology and politics.
Examples of issues discussed during the lecture:
I. political philosophy: a methodological and historical dimension
Main categories of political philosophy: space (private, public)
Main categories of political philosophy: time (development, progress, memory)
Main categories of political philosophy: freedom (positive, negative)
At the source of criminal law: the cosmic order of the universe and its violation
Historical forms of the political community - polis,
The classic form of ideal polis (Plato, brotherhood)
The classic form of ideal polis (Aristotle, friendship)
Historical forms of the political community - civitas (civil law, private law)
Historical forms of the political community - empire (natural law)
Historical forms of the political community - monarchy
Modern republic
II. Contemporary political philosophy: selected issues
Sovereign power and legal positivism
Country and territory
Human rights,
Theory of Justice (J. Rawls) and its critics
The problem of war and peace, just war theory
Country and population - biopolitics, knowledge and power
Geopolitics
State and identity - ideologies (nationalism)
Sex as a political problem
Delibarative democracy and participation
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student has knowledge about:
the subject of political philosophy
basic problems in the field of political philosophy
their genesis and historical development
basic categories of political discourse,
main positions and discussions in contemporary political philosophy
After completing the course the student can:
recognize the philosophical dimension of political issues
apply categories of political philosophy to current political discussion
indicate their theoretical and historical dimension
Completing the course contributes to:
more open attitude to different theoretical options from the field of political philosophy
developing a critical critical distant to particular ethical and political problems discussed
Assessment criteria
Final written test
Bibliography
G.H.Sabine A History of PoliticalTheory (1948) od starożytności do faszyzmu);
Przewodnik po współczesnej filozofii politycznej red. R.E.Goodwin i in.;
W. Kymlicka Wspólczesna filozofia polityczna;
A. Szahaj, M.Jakubowski Podręcznik do filozofii politycznej;
Leo Strauss Filozofia polityki;
T. Buksiński Współczesne filozofie polityki
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