Master
2024/2025
Mentor’s Seminar. Philosopher’s Perspective
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Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Politics. Economics. Philosophy)
Area of studies:
Political Science
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
2 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Boris Kapustin
Master’s programme:
Политика. Экономика. Философия
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The mentor's seminar is aimed at forming an individual learning trajectory and individual educational results for each student of the trajectory. The mentor defines a list of key educational outcomes that all students of the educational trajectory should achieve. The seminar can have the format of a standard traditional discipline and a tutor format that provides consultations on scientific papers/projects. At the same time, it is possible to use an asynchronous communication format.
Learning Objectives
- • To acquaint the students with the typical and fundamental features of the political-philosophical way of viewing of politics in its juxtaposition with the political-scientific approach to it.
- • To provide the students with the knowledge of the major streams of political-philosophical thought (classifying them ideologically as liberal, conservative and left-radical) and with the peculiarities of their respective approaches to politics.
- • To develop the students’ skills of applying the methodology(ies) of political philosophy to the analysis of the “real-world” phenomena.
- • To boost the students’ mastery of the techniques and strategies of making presentations and participating in public debates as well as to augment their the oratory skills.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To acquaint the students with the typical and fundamental features of the political-philosophical way of viewing of politics in its juxtaposition with the political-scientific approach to it.
- To provide the students with the knowledge of the major streams of political-philosophical thought (classifying them ideologically as liberal, conservative and left-radical) and with the peculiarities of their respective approaches to politics.
- To develop the students’ skills of applying the methodology(ies) of political philosophy to the analysis of the “real-world” phenomena.
- To boost the students’ mastery of the techniques and strategies of making presentations and participating in public debates as well as to augment their the oratory skills.
Course Contents
- Part I. The Images of Politics in Political Philosophy: Politics as an Essentially Contested Concept.
- Part 3. Political Philosophy and the Problem of Ideology.
- Part IV. Presenting and Discussing the Master’s Theses’ Synopses.
- Part 2. Political Philosophy and the Concept of Power.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd moduleFinal Assessment The formula of the final grade for the entire course is as follows: 1st module * 0.3 + 2nd module*0,3 + 3rd module*0,4.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- The Oxford handbook of political theory / ed. by John S. Dryzek . (2006). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.121392570
- Современная политическая философия : введение, Кимлика, У., 2010
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Bell, D. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy. Political Studies Review, 12(1), 94–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12041_11
- Yves Laberge. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies by Michael Freeden , Lyman Tower Sargent and Marc Stears (eds). Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2013 . Xiii+736pp., £95.00, ISBN 9780199585977. Political Studies Review, (2), 246. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12087_13