History of Political Ideas Contemporary
Code
722051286
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
José Neves
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) promoting a general overview on the main political doctrines of the modern age (XVII-XX)
b) acknowledging the most relevant texts of the modern political thought and the ability to analyse and interpret them in relation to their cultural and historical context
c) acquiring knowledge and skills that allow further and deepen analysis of the themes studied.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Mapping Political Modern Thought
1.1. The Discussion of Ideas on Political Representation and Collective Political Action.
1.2. Modernity between political subjects and economic objects
2. From the end of the 18th century to the II WW
2.1. Economy, Liberalism and Nationalism
2.2. Marxist critique of liberalism and nationalism
2.3. Fascism, authoritarianism and corporativism
3. From the Post-War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall
3.1. Keynes, neo-keynesians e post-keynesians
3.2. From Liberalism to Neoliberalism
3.3. The Thought of 68 and the New Lefts
4. Anticolonial Thinking
Bibliography
AURÉLIO, Diogo Pires (dir.), Representação Política Textos Clássicos, Lisboa, Horizonte, 2009.
BALIBAR, Étienne & Immanuel WALLERSTEIN, Race, Nation and Class Ambiguous Identities, Londres, Verso, 1991.
DIAS, Bruno Peixe & José NEVES (dir.), A Política dos Muitos Povo, Classes e Multidão, Lisboa, Edições Tinta-da-China, 2010.
MIROWSKI, Philippe & Dieter PLEHWE (orgs.). The Road from Mont Pelerin: The Making of the Neoliberal Thought Collective, Cambridge (Mass), Harvard University Press, 2009.
SAMUELS, W.J., BIDDLE, J.E. & J.B.DAVIS (dir.), A Companion to the History of Economic Thought, Oxford, Blackwell, 2003.
SKINNER, Quentin, Visions of Politics, 3 vols., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Teaching method
Theorerical classes: presentation of the syllabus main topics.
Theoreitical and pratical classes: debating selected readings and audiovisual elements. Oral presentation of the readings.
Evaluation method
1. Class participation (20%)
2. Presentation of readings (10%)
3. Written essay (supported by bibliography and empirical info (70%)