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Course Description
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Course Name
Modern Political Thought I
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Host University
Queen Mary, University of London
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Location
London, England
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Area of Study
Political Science
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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UK Credits
15 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Credits: 15.0Overlap: HST5601Prerequisite: POL100The module offers an introduction to Modern Political Thought by critically examining the texts and ideas of major political thinkers of the seventeenth to twentieth century. The first semester this year will consider Machiavelli and the social contract theorists: Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau. It will conclude with an examination of the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft and Edmund Burke. This will enable students to assess the foundations of the history of political thought. The second semester will focus upon the development of political thought in the nineteenth century, with special emphasis upon the work of the British utilitarians, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, and four important German thinkers: Kant, Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche. Associate student registration: Autumn Semester POL/206A; Spring Semester POL/206B. This module is compulsory for single honours Politics students. History/Politics joint honours students must take either POL206 or HST5601 History of Western Political Thought.Assessment: 100.0% CourseworkLevel: 5
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