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Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

Code	12263
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Ciência Política
Entry requirements	Not applicable
Mode of delivery	Theoretical-practical with tutorial observation.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Objectives 1. Understand the original character and the structuring reach of political experience, in the multiple contexts and human dimensions in which it is reflected 2. To assimilate the theoretical conceptions that underlie ancient and medieval political thought, as well as the respective historical repercussions in the modeling of Western culture Learning outcomes Reveal knowledge and understanding of basic conceptual and analytical tools of classical ancient and medieval political theorizations, focusing on political philosophy and the history of ideas and culture
Syllabus	1. The pre-classical origins of political power: the intuitions originating from nomos and demos in Solon 2. The ethical foundation of the power to govern in antiquity: the notions of polis and koinonia in Plato and Aristotle 3. The transcendent ordering of sovereign power in medievality: the ideas of civitas and regnum in St. Augustine and St. Thomas
Main Bibliography	Mandatory reading sources ARISTÓTELES, Politics, Lisbon: Vega, 1998 [COTA: CA-1.0-ARI] PLATÃO, República, Lisboa: FCG, 2001 (9ªed.) [COTA: CA-1.0-PLA] S. AUGUSTINE, A Cidade de Deus, vols. I and II, Lisbon: FCG, 2000 [COTA: CA-1.0-AUG] S. THOMAS [Thomas Aquinas], Political Writings, Cambridge: CUP, 2002 [pdf to be made available] Supplementary consultation manuals ROWE, Christopher, The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 [COTA: CA-176-00183] ARNAS, Pedro, El pensamiento político en la Edad Media, Madrid: Fundación Ramón Areces, s.d. [COTA: CA-176-00683]
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.