Syllabus
SYLLABUS Political Philosophy PhD Seminar - JPD075 Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague Instructors: Jakub Franěk, Ph.D., Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. Prerequisites: Onlydoctoral students in political science from Charles University can participate PLACE: Nove Butovice campus [due to COVID restrictions, at least until 15 November the seminars will take an ONLINE form on ZOOM platform. The links will be published on this webpage in due course] TIME: Four 3-hour sessions per semester, Wednesda, 11am-2pm COURSE DESCRIPTION & COURSE CONTENTS: This seminar in political philosophy that spans over the entire academic year (with a grade being awarded at the end of the summer semester) is designed exclusively for doctoral students in political science whose doctoral research can benefit from detailed exploration of the current scholarly debate in political philosophy/political theory. Therefore the choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to be discussed during eight 3-hour long seminar meetings is always determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projects of the students who will participate in the seminar. seminar. COURSE TOPICS Since the acutal topics discussed at individua seminar meetings depend largely on the research focus of ndividual doct oral students, the following list of topics is only illustative. The choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to bediscussed during seminar meetings is partly determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projectsof the students who will participate in the seminar.1. What is political theory/philosophy?2. Rawls‘ justice as fairness3. Nozick’s entitlement theory4. Egalitarian justice5. What is (a) crisis of democracy?6. Deliberative democracy and its shortcomings7. Radical and plural democracy of Laclau and Mouffe8. Aversive democracy9. Democratic proceduralism revisited (Urbinati)10. Democracy and representation COURSE GRADING 8 Research Reports (1 per each seminar) 35% 1 Research Paper <span style="font-size: 1
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The seminar in political theory that spans over the entire academic year (with a grade being awarded at the end of the summer semester) is designed exclusively for doctoral students in political science whose doctoral research can benefit from detailed exploration of the current scholarly debate in political philosophy/political theory.
While the first term focuses on debates about egalitarian liberalism, the second term is concerned with issues pertaining to the so-called crisis of democracy.The choice of particular topics (and the relevant readings) to be discussed during seminar meetings is largely determined by considering the subject matter of the doctoral projects of the students who will participate in the seminar.