Which is the role of human passions in politics? How are power, the law or the social contract related to passions? Are there passions that are proper to particular political regimes and incongruous with others? These are some of the questions addressed (sometimes implicitly) by modern and contemporary political philosophy.
After an introductory lecture on what has been called the re-evaluation of passions in modern political philosophy, the seminar focuses on the passion of fear. We study selected passages from Machiavelli, Hobbes. Spinoza, Montesquieu and Arendt (see bibliogrpahy).
Learning outcomes: After having attended the seminar, students should be able to present and explain the way in which major modern and contemporary philosophers and political theorists thematize the role of passions –particularly of fear– in politics.
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Production of free, creative and critical thought
Delivery: | Face to face | |
Use Of Information And Communications Technology : | Use of power point and maps. Students have access to the page of the seminar in eclass. | |
Teaching Methods: | Activity | Semester workload |
Lectures, close reading and analysis of selected passages (see bibliography), presentation of texts by students. | 39 | |
Study of the bibliography | 50 | |
Essay writing | 65 | |
Course total | 154 | |
Student Performance Evaluation: | Participation in the seminar, short essays during the semester. |
Suggested bibliography:
-Bauman Z., Liquid fear
-Evrigenis I., Fear of enemies and collective action
-Machiavelli N., The Prince
-Machiavelli N., Discourses on Livy
-La Boetie E., Discours de la servitude volontaire
-Hobbes Th., Leviathan
-Spinoza B., Ethics
-Spinoza B., Political Treatise
-Spinoza B., Theologico-political Treatise
-Montesquieu, De l’ esprit des lois
-Robin C., Fear. The history of a political idea
-Tocqueville A., De la démocratie en Amérique
-Arendt H., The origins of totalitarianism
-Mouffe Ch., On the political
-Balibar E., La crainte des masses
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Δραστηριότητα | Φόρτος Εργασίας Εξαμήνου |
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Σύνολο Μαθήματος | 140 |
Διαλέξεις | 40 |
Ασκήσεις στην τάξη | 15 |
Εκπαιδευτική εκδρομή | 10 |
Αυτόνομη μελέτη στην διάρκεια του εξαμήνου | 45 |
Μελέτη προετοιμασίας για τις εξετάσεις | 30 |
Αξιολόγηση Φοιτητών:
Η αξιολόγηση των φοιτητών/ριών γίνεται μέσω εξετάσεων με ερωτήσεις ανάπτυξης και αποκλειστικά στην ελληνική γλώσσα. Τα κριτήρια είναι προσβάσιμα για τους φοιτητές/ριες στην ηλεκτρονική πλατφόρμα του μαθήματος (e-class).
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