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15446
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
1. To offer a comprehensive overview of the History of Political Ideas.
2. To motivate the direct contact with fundamental works and documents in the history of political thought.
3. To develop the critical and analytical capacity.
4. To stimulate the discussion of ideas among students.
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Syllabus |
1.Introduction to the syllabus.
2. The birth of "philosophy". Pericles and the eulogy to democracy. Plato and Aristotle: laws and regimes.
3. Magna Carta (1215): the ideas of the common law and the rule of law, the privilege and the idea of freedom.
4. Machiavelli (1469-527): politics as science, republicanism and virtue.
5. Hobbes (1588-679): contractualism, sovereignty, representation.
6. Locke (1632-704): limited government and tolerance - confrontation with More (1478-535) and Voltaire (1694-78).
7. Vico (1668-44) and Montesquieu (1689-755): the new science, the mores, the "climat" and the separation of powers.
8. The American Revolution (1774-91), the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Federalist Papers (1787-88).
9. Rousseau (1712-1778), Sieyès (1748-1836) and Constant (1767-1830): social contract, popular sovereignty and general will.
10. Burke (1729-97), Hamann (1730-88) and Herder (1744-803): counter-Enlightenment and Romanticism.
11. Tocqueville and S. Mill: democracy
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Main Bibliography |
- Berlin, I. (coord) (1997). Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas, London, Pimlico.
- Rosas, J, C. (2020). História da Filosofia Política, Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
- Skinner, Q, (1978). Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Strauss, L.; Joseph, C.(eds.) (1987). History of Political Philosophy, Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
- Touchard, J. (1997). História das Ideias Políticas, Lisboa, Europa-América, 1997
- Voegelin, E. (1997/99). History of Political Ideas. Columbia, University of Missouri Press.
Other specific bibliography to be indicated during classes and made available on Moodle.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
- Theoretical and practical classes
- Accompanied reading of fundamental texts;
- Preparation of argumentation schemes and participation in debate exercises.
- Attendance and participation - 20%.
Note: except students with the "worker-student" status.
- 2 written tests (40% + 40%).
- The students are dispensed to exam with 10 values, and are admitted to the exam with the minimum classification of 6 values.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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