Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 11 Hours. (11 x 1 hour) |
Seminars / Tutorials | 11 Hours. (11 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 x 3,000 word essay | 40% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Resit opportunities for this module will be available in the Supplementary examination period. F resit: The student will re-sit the module by examination only for a 'capped' pass mark (40). H resit: The student will submit missing coursework elements and/or re-sit by examination in the upplementary exam period in lieu of a missed/failed exam for full marks. Students re-sitting elements of failed coursework are required to select a different essay/assignment title and must not submit re-written versions of the original essay/assignment. |
Learning Outcomes
The objectives of this module are:
- to develop in students an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments of key modern social and political theorists
- to encourage students to evaluate critically their own views on politics in the light of the ideas of major theorists
- to comprehend the main aspects of Marxism as an economic and political doctrine
Brief description
A continuation and examination of the issues introduced in Year 1 Political Philosophy and Political Theory (Year 2 &3). The module evaluates the main aspects of the Marxist account of the collapse of capitalism and asks how applicable the model is to our current situation.
Aims
The aims of this module are to take further the study of some principal texts in modern political thought by looking closely at the main social and political writings of Marx, Hegel, Foucault and Lyotard and to develop a critical awareness of the complexities and problems of modernity. The thinkers looked at will vary from time to time. In 2009-10 particular attention will be paid to the origins and implications of Marx's criticism of capitalism and the post-modernist response to his theories.
Content
The module looks at the analysis of economy, civil society and state in the political theories of Hegel and Marx. Their political philosophies will be explored as accounts of the relation between individual and society, society and progress, and Marx's understanding of the relation between modernity and capitalism will be critically evaluated. In the session 2009-10 the module will contrast the political philosophies of Hegel and Marx with those of the post-modernists M. Foucault and Jean-Francois Lyotard. Foucault's account of governmentality will be contrasted with Marx and Hegel's account of the disciplinary methods of modern society.
Transferable skills
10 ECTS Credits
Reading List
Recommended TextH Williams/D Sullivan/G Matthews Francis Fukuyama and The End of History Primo search Hegel, G.W.F. (ed A.Wood) Philosophy of Right LUP Primo search Immanuel Kant (1999) What is Enlightenment in Kant's Practical Philosophy Cambridge University Press Primo search Lawrence and Wishart Karl Marx 1818-1883. Selected Works in One Volume - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6