The objectives of this course are to:
Course Objectives (CO)
Course |
Learning outcomes (at course level) |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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Paper Code |
Paper Title |
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POL 511 |
Representative Western Political Thinkers |
CO82: Identify the rudimentary context and central arguments and aims of the concerned thinker. CO83: Understand political thought processes and theory making in the West. CO84: Acquire knowledge about western political thinkers and theirs view on state craft. CO85: Understand different perspectives and approaches to state, politics, government, sovereignty, citizenship and so on. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Plato (Concept of Justice& Ideal State, Views on Education, Communism of Wives and Property, Plato’s second best state)
Aristotle (Criticism of Plato;Slavery, Citizenship, Concept of BestState; Theory of Revolution)
Niccollo Machiavelli (Human Nature, Political ideas : Monarchy; National sovereignty; Statecraft, Church vs. State, as a modern thinker)
Thomas Hobbes( Natural Laws, Social Contract , State)
John Locke (Ideas on Natural rights with reference to property, Social Contract, limited State, Theory of Consent)
Jean Jacques Rousseau (State of Nature, Social Contract, General Will)
George Wilhelm Fredrick Hegel (Dialectics & Theory of State)
Thomas Hill Green (Theory of State, Resistance to State & War)
Links:
[1] https://politicalscience.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/representative-western-political-thinkers-11
[2] https://politicalscience.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2021-22