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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Political Science
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Efraim Podoksik
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 18:00 - 19:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Efraim Podoksik
Course/Module description:
The course aims at familiarising the students with research practices and skills in the variety of subfields of the discipline of political thought.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1) To identify various ways of conducting research as they find their expression in the study of political thought as well as their possible combinations.
2) To perform various research activities in the field of political thought at a high professional level.
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
1) Class discussions
2) In-class exercises
Course/Module Content:
Lesson (Mondays):
1) Introduction
2) Philology
Classical philology
Analytic philosophy
Analysis of ideological components
History of concepts
3) History
Inter-textual context
Biographical context
Historical context
4) Philosophy
Philosophical analysis of thinkers
One's own philosophical enterprise
5) Interpretation
Dialogue with thinkers
One's own philosophical discussion
6) Application
Application of political theory
Ideological elucidation
Workshop (Wednesdays):
1) Finding a research topic
2) Searching for material
3) Preliminary acquaintance with the material
4) Crystallising the direction of reflection
5) Basics of focused research
6) Reading primary sources
7) Inter-textual study
8) Studying an idea or concept
9) Exploring around
10) The basics of writing
11) Structuring the writing
12) Creativity vs. technique
13) Style and form
14) Summary
Required Reading:
1.Gregory Vlastos, ‘The Theory of Social Justice in the Polis in Plato’s Republic’, in Studies in Greek Philosophy, vol. 2: Socrates, Plato and Their Tradition (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995), pp. 69-103.
2.Gerald C. MacCallum, Jr., ‘Negative and Positive Freedom’, Philosophical Review 76(3), 1967, pp. 312-334.
3.Michael Freeden, ‘Is Nationalism a Distinct Ideology?’ Political Studies 46(4), 1998, pp. 748-765.
4.James Hankins, ‘Exclusivist Republicanism and the Non-Monarchical Republic’, Political Theory 38(4), 2010, pp. 452-482.
5.Jay M. Smith, Nobility Reimagined: The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-Century France (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018), ch. 2, pp. 67-103.
6.Joseph Frank, Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977), ch. 14, pp. 182-198.
7.Eric Nelson, The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the America Founding (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press, 2014), ch. 1, pp. 29-65.
8.Jeremy Waldron, ‘Hobbes and the Principle of Publicity’, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82(3-4), 2001, pp. 447-474.
9.Elizabeth S. Anderson, ‘What Is the Point of Equality?’, Ethics 109(2), 1999, pp. 287-337.
10.Steven B. Smith, Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism: Rights in Context (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989), ch. 8, pp. 232-246.
11.Aurelian Craiutu, Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), ch. 1, pp. 13-33.
12.Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995), ch. 7, pp. 131-151.
13.Roger Scruton, The Meaning of Conservatism (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001), pp. 1-16.
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 80 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 20 %
Additional information:
1) Cellular phones should be switched off.
2) Computers should be brought to workshops.
3) During the course the teacher may for academic reasons introduce changes into the course programme, including the assignments.
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