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Social and Political Thought Through Time

Key information

  • Module code:

    4AAT1301

  • Level:

    4

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module explores the history of social and political thought, focusing on an alternating set of formative texts and their authors. Global early modernity and the 'Age of Discovery' saw the rise of various imperial powers, within and beyond Europe, as well as rapid economic transformation. The onset of modernity and the 'Age of Enlightenment' further strengthened the secular state and witnessed the sustained critique of inherited political and moral ideas. These developments spawned new works of political, moral and social philosophy that often became famous in their own day and have intrigued intellectual historians and philosophers ever since. The main purpose of this module is to investigate selected texts in order to ascertain their conceptual significance, but also to attempt to understand the historical circumstances in which they were born, and which they themselves influenced. 

More information is available in the module description.

Assessment details

90 mins exam (100%)

Semester 1 only students will be set an alternative assessment in lieu of an exam.

Teaching pattern

10 weekly lectures and 10 weekly seminars

Subject areas

Department

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