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 : | 05 Jan 2026 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2026 |
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| Translation Languages : | English |
| NCrF Level : | 5.5 |
Week 1
1. What is Political?
2. What is Political Philosophy?
3. Emergence of Modern Political Philosophy
4. Significance of Modern Political Philosophy
Week 2
5. Renaissance
6. Enlightenment
7. Industrial Revolution
8. Modernism
Week 3
9. Jeremy Bentham and His Utilitarian Philosophy
10. James Mill and His Contributions to the Idea of Utilitarianism
11. John Stuart Mill
12. Critical Evaluation_Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham, James Mill and John Stuart mill
Week 4
13. Thomas Hobbes
14. John Locke
15. Life and Work of Jean Jacques Rousseau
16. Critical Evaluation of Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau
Week 5
17. T.H. GREEN
18. Idealism_Political Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
19. Friedrich Hegel and Concept of Idealism
20. Critical Evaluation of Idealism
Week 6
21. Dialectical Materialism
22. Friedrich Engels
23. Karl Marx
24. Critical Evaluation of Dialectical Materialism
Week 7
25. Critique Of Idealism
26. Theory Of Class Conflict
27. Marxist Concept of Surplus Value
28. Concept of Alienation
Week 8
29. Antonio F. Gramsci
30. Louis Althusser
31. Ongoing Debates In Marxism
32. Critical Evaluation Of Neo-Marxism
Week 9
33. Vladimir Lenin and His Political Ideologies
34. Political Thought of Joseph Stalin
35. Mao Zedong and His Political Ideology
36. Critical Evaluation of the Political Ideas of Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong
Week 10
37. Robert Nozick and His Political Philosophy
38. Martha Craven Nussbaum and Her Ground-Breaking Capabilities Approach
39. Critical Evaluation of the Revival of Political Theory
40. Michael Sandel
Week 11
41. Michael Walzer
42. Charles Taylor
43. Critical Evaluation of Communitarianism
44. Identity Politics and Multiculturalism
Week 12
45. Will Kymlicka
46. Bhikhu Parekh
47. Critical Evaluation of Multiculturalism
48. Critique of Modernism
Week 13
49. Michel Foucault
50. Judith Butler
51. Critical Evaluation_Critiques of Modernism, Foucault and Butler
52. Schools of Nationalism
Week 14
53. Benedict Anderson and his Imagined Communities
54. Anthony David Smith and His Concept of Nationalism
55. Nationalism_A Critical Evaluation
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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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