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SPOL1214 - Political Doctrines
[1 Q. • 30 Th. • 3 ECTS - credits]
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Delmotte Florence |
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| Language of instruction :
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French |
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| Learning outcomes :
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The course adopts a historical perspective and involves the analysis of political ideas. It aims to provide students with a non-exhaustive overview of what we commonly understand as political “doctrines” and “ideologies”.
Its first identifies the main foundations of modern and contemporary thought since the Antiquity and the invention of the Polis, then moves on to present the main “doctrines of power” up to the 19th century and the critique of industrial society, as well as theories of the state.
It aims to paint a picture of the major schools of thought and legitimating discourses for the political regimes or movements that have marked the 20th century (communism, fascism, and neoliberalism, among others), with a focus on the linkages or, alternatively, breaks with classical ideas.
The course seeks to provide a clear presentation of the main classical and contemporary political thinkers and their ideas, and, at the same time, identify the links between the conceptual history and real political and social history.
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The course assumes the student has successfully completed the Political Science course taught by Olivier Paye.
The course is designed to be complementary to the courses « Analysing Political Theories » , « Political Regimes » and also with the seminar « Studying Politics ».
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General Introduction: course aims and the perspective adopted
Part 1 : Foundations
1/ Classical philosophy
2/ Comparing & contrasting the Classical and the Modern
3/ Links between politics and religion
Part 2 : the classic political doctrines
4/ Theories of the State (Machiavel, Bodin and Hobbes)
5/ Locke and the origins of liberalism (Locke)
6/ Rousseau and ideas about revolution
5/ Reactionary and conservative thought (Burke and de Maistre)
6/ Marx and critiques of 19th century industrial society
Part 3 : the main political ideologies of the 20th century
1/ Socialism and communism
2/ Fascisms and national-socialism
3/ Democracy and totalitarianism
4/ Neoliberalism and the ideology of the end of ideologies (since Hayek)
Conclusion : the significant missing or the limits of the course
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Lecture |
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Written examination |
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| Recommended or required reading :
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Pierre Ansart, Les idéologies politiques, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1974.
François Châtelet, Olivier Duhamel et Évelyne Pisier, Dictionnaire des œuvres politiques, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1995 (3ème éd.).
Jean-Marc Ferry et Justine Lacroix, La pensée politique contemporaine, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2000.
Georges Lescuyer, Histoire des idées politiques, Paris, Dalloz, 2001 (14ème éd.).
Olivier Nay, Histoire des idées politiques, Paris, Dalloz/Armand Colin, 2004.
Olivier Nay, Johann Michel et Antoine Roger, Dictionnaire de la pensée politique, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
Pascal Ory (dir.), Nouvelle histoire des idées politiques, Paris, Fayard, coll. « Pluriel », 2010.
Danic et Ian Parenteau, Les idéologies politiques. Le clivage gauche-droite, Québec, Presses de l'Université de Québec, 2009.
Lyman T. Sargent, Les idéologies politiques contemporaines, trad., Paris, Economica, 1987.
This selection, which essentially includes readers and analytical publications, will be added to as the course progresses.
Detailed course plan (slides) are made available via the course website as the course progresses. Suggestions for further reading.
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