The course on Modern Political Philosophy will develop an understanding of key theoretical approaches in modern political philosophy and will enable learners to understand the relevance of concepts to theory in this field. Learners will engage in critical dialogue on questions such as how. This course deals with the thought process on How do we live? How do we engage in the ever-changing society? And of course, seeking new ideas in the changing scenario. The course will also cover extensive understanding of current research and development within the field of political philosophy. The course is designed to familiarize students starting with the meaning of political, political philosophy and upgrade about the extension of political philosophy of modern times and its relevance to the contemporary thought process. All these factors have increased scope for teaching, training and awareness of Modern Political Philosophy and hence this Massive Open Online Course on Modern Political Philosophy is need of the hour.
| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 12 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 5 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 06 Jan 2025 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2025 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Exam Date : | 18 May 2025 IST |
| NCrF Level : | 5.5 |
| Exam Shift: : | I |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
Week 1
What is Political?
What is Political Philosophy?
Emergence of Modern Political Philosophy
Significance of Modern Political Philosophy
Week 2
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
Modernism
Week 3
Jeremy Bentham
James Mill
John Stuart Mill
Critical Evaluation
Week 4
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Critical Evaluation
Week 5
T H Green
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Hegel
Critical Evaluation
Week 6
Dialectical Materialism
Fredrich Engels
Karl Marx
Critical Evaluation
Week 7
Critique of Idealism
Class Struggle
Surplus Labour
Alienation
Week 8
Antonio Gramsci
Louis Althusser
Ongoing Debates
Critical Evaluation
Week 9
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Critical Evaluation
Week 10
Robert Nozick
Martha Nussbaum
Critical Evaluation
Week 11
Michael Sandel
Michael Walzer
Charles Taylor
Critical Evaluation
Week 12
Identity Politics and Multiculturalism
Will Kymlicka
Bhikhu Parekh
Critical Evaluation
Week 13
Critique of Modernism
Michel Foucault
Judith Butler
Critical Evaluation
Week 14
Schools of Nationalism
Benedict Anderson
Anthony D. Smith
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Jha, Shefali. 2018. Western Political Thought. 2nd edition. Pearson Education
Skinner Quentin. 1978. The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1. Cambridge University Press
Mukherjee Subrata and Sushila Ramaswamy. 2022. A History of Political Thought, Plato to Marx. AB Book Publishers.
Aristotle. 2021. Politics. Fingerprint Publisher
Simmons, A.J. 2007. Political Philosophy. Oxford University Press.
Swift A. Political Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide for Students and Politicians: Cambridge Polity.
Wolff, J. 2006. An Introduction to Political philosophy. Cambridge Polity
Miller, David. 2003. Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Barker, Ernest. 1931. ‘The Life of Aristotle and the Composition and Structure of the Politics’, Classical Review, 45. Pp. 162-72.
Miller, David. 1998. Contemporary Philosophy. In Political Philosophy, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis.
Ibn Ibn Khaldûn. 1967. The Muqaddimah: an Introduction to History. 2nd edition. N.J. Princeton University Press.
Augustine (c413-26). 1998. The City of God against the Pagans. (Translated by) R.W. Dyson, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Skinner, Quentin. 1978. Foundations of Modern Political Thought. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
McIIwain, Charles Howards. 1932. The Growth of Political Thought in the West. New York: Macmillan.
Dr Himabindu M. is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Governance at the Central University of Kashmir. She teaches Western and Indian Political thought, Governance and Development to the P.G. Students. Two M.Phil dissertations and one PhD thesis were awarded under her guidance, and currently, five research scholars on various topics like Voting behaviour, Women’s leadership, and Social Marginalisation in Kashmir. She has published and presented her works at national and International academic platforms. She taught at the National Law University, Odisha, before joining CU Kashmir and earned her doctorate from the University of Hyderabad. She completed projects funded by National Commission for Women, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. She held various administrative positions in the department and conducted various events, including the International Conference on Social Justice at CU Kashmir.
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