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210057 SE BAK8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory (2024W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Th 23.01. 09:45-11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 31.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Thursday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aristotle understood the relationship between domination and subordination as an essential aspect of politics. Man as a political being [zoon politikon] has the ability to rule and to be ruled. This view still shapes our understanding of politics today. Politics can be described as a network of rules that regulates the relationships between superiority and subordination, rulers and ruled. However, politics is not limited to the expression of such a network of rules. It is also an expression of power that is amorphous (Weber), shared by all (Arendt) and unfolds a form of productivity that belongs to no one and is never absent (Foucault). In this seminar, different conceptions of power and domination will be presented and discussed. The focus will be on canonical texts from the history of theory, but contemporary debates as well as non-canonical texts will also be discussed.

Assessment and permitted materials

a.) Regular attendance (max. two missed units) and active participation (15%)
b.) Assignments on the texts (weekly) and preparation for writing the seminar paper (written) (30%)
c.) Seminar paper (approx. 10-15 pages) 55%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The minimum requirement for a positive assessment is the completion of all partial assignment.

Examination topics

The relevant literature will be available on the Moodle platform.

Reading list

Arendt, Hannah: Über die Revolution. Piper 2000.
Aristoteles: Politik. Artemis 1971.
Augustinus: Aurelius Augustinus’ Werke. I-XIV. F. Schöningh 1979.
Bennett, Jane: Lebhafte Materie. Eine politische Ökologie der Dinge. Matthes & Seitz 2020.
Crenshaw, Kimberle: ‘Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color’ Stanford Law Review, 43(6), (1991), p. 1241-99.
Federici, Silvia: Caliban und die Hexe. Frauen, der Körper und die ursprüngliche Akkumulation. Kritik & Utopie. Mandelbaum 2020.
Foucault, Michel: Die Ordnung des Diskurses. Fischer 2021.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Phänomenologie des Geistes. Suhrkamp 2023.
Mohanty, Chandra Talpade: ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’, Feminist Reviews, no. 30, (1988), p. 61-88.
Lao Tse: Tao-te-king. Diogenes 1990.
Rancière, Jacques: Das Unvernehmen: Politik und Philosophie. Suhrkamp 2018.
Spinoza, Benedictus: Theologisch-politischer Traktat. Sämtliche Werke/Baruch de Spinoza, Band 3. Felix Meiner 2018.
Weber, Max: Politik als Beruf. Duncker & Humblot 2010.

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