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13033
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
7
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| Workload |
OT(5H)/S(40H)
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| Scientific area |
Philosophy
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable.
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Mode of delivery |
face-to-face.
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Work placements |
none.
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Learning outcomes |
General objective:
1. Demonstrate mastery of a subject area of Political Philosophy, related and fundamental categories, from a research perspective. Part of this objective is to familiarize the doctoral student with recent research findings.
Specific objectives:
2. Enable the doctoral student to engage in in-depth philosophical reflection;
3. Guide students in relevant bibliography and enable them to conduct research in the area;
4. Enable the student to write a paper on a specific issue in political philosophy.
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Syllabus |
Part 1 (Professor Bruno Serra) - The relationship between politics and power
1. Machiavelli, Virtù, and Power: political virtue as the ability to obtain, expand, and consolidate power.
2. Hobbes, human nature, and the Leviathan: political power as an antidote to chaos and disorder.
3. Rousseau and the general will: the social contract and the question of how to legitimately transfer power.
4. Weber, society, and power: the relationship between different types of authority, legitimacy, and power.
5. Schmitt, the exception, and decisionism: the phenomenal revelation of the true locus of power and sovereignty.
Part 2 (Professora Maria João Cabrita)- The relationship between politics and violence
1. Benjamin: the relationships between law, justice, and violence.
2. Arendt: “violence” and “power” as antagonistic concepts.
3. Hardt & Negri: the violence of globalization (Empire and Multitude).
4. Balibar: cruelty and the need for a politics of civility.
5. Butler: aggressive non-violenc
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Main Bibliography |
Part 1
Hobbes, T. (1994) Leviathan. HPC, Inc.
Maquiavel, N. (2005). O Príncipe. Guimarães Edit.
Rousseau, J.J. (1973) Contrato Social. Ed. Presença.
Schmitt, C. (2005). Political Theology. University of Chicago Press.
Schmitt, C. (2007). The Concept of the Political. University of Chicago Press.
Weber, M. (1978) Economy and Society. University of California Press.
Part 2
Arendt, H. (2014). Sobre a Violência. Relógio d’Água.
Balibar, É. (2015). Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy. Columbia UP.
Balibar, É. (2020). From violence as anti-politics to politics as anti-violence. Critical Times, 3(3), 384-399.
Benjamin, W. (2008). Para uma crítica da violência. O anjo da história (pp. 49-71). Assírio & Alvim.
Butler, J. (2020). The Force of Nonviolence. Verso.
Hardt, M., & Negri, A. (2001). Empire. Harvard UP.
Hardt, M., & Negri, A. (2005). Multitude: War and democracy in the age of empire. Penguin.
Hardt, M., & Negri, A. (2009). Commonwealth. Harvard UP.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
This course unit is assessed through the preparation of an individual written research paper (12-20 pages) on a topic or combination of topics from the program, to be submitted at the end of the semester. The final grade is calculated based on the average of the two teachers' assessments of the students' written work. There is no exam for this curricular unit.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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