History of Political Ideas

Objectives

a) To develop an historical approach to political issues, without the concern of having a thorough knowledge of doctrines and authors.
b) To acquire a correct perception of the concepts and the philosophical and political culture of a given time, through an adequate contextualization of events and ideas, using commented reading of texts from major works.

General characterization

Code

01101310

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Manuel Filipe Cruz de Morais Canaveira

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

1.MORROW, John, História do Pensamento político ocidental , Lisboa, Publicações Europa- América, 2007;
2.CHEVALLIER,J.J./GUCHET, Y., As grandes obras políticas de Maquiavel à actualidade, Lisboa, Publicações Europa- América, 2004;
3. ESPADA, João Carlos, Pensamento Político Contemporâneo - Uma introdução, Lisboa, Bertrand Editora, 2004;
4. BALL, Terence / BELLAMY, Richard The Cambridge History of Twentieth Century Political Thought, Cambridge University Press, 2003;
5. PRIETO, F. Historia de la ideas y de las formas politicas, Madrid, Union Editorial, 1993, vols. I a IV.

Teaching method

Exposure of subjects using the continuous reading of sources of political thought with the participation of students. Attention is given to contextualization and to a broad interconnection of various dimensions of the subjects (philosophical, sociological, cultural, economic and politological aspects).

Evaluation method

For the final exam, a set of five issues is presented; of those, at least two must be selected.(100%)

Subject matter

1. MATRICES OF THE POLITICAL WESTERN THOUGHT:
a. Concepts and political forms in the Graeco-Latin thinking;
b. From Plato to St. Augustine;
c. From Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas and the Scholasticism of the Renaissance.
d. Bodin. Machiavel and Botero;
e. Concepts of Christian politics and jusdivinismo during the 17th and 18th centuries;
f. Locke, Montesquieu e Rousseau;
h. Burke;
i. Counterrevolutionary thought in the 1800’s;
j. Utopian socialisms and Proudhon;
k. Marx and Marxisms. l. Social doctrine of the Church.
2. GREAT CURRENTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE 20th CENTURY:
a. Nationalism;
b. Imperialism;
c. Fascisms;
d. Keynes;
e. Conservatism and Christian Democracy;
f. welfare state;
g. Marxism and Social Democracy;
h. Debates about individualistic liberalism and communitarianism;

Programs

Programs where the course is taught:

Licenciatura in Political Science and International Relations