POLITICAL THEORY

IR 학생들에게는 이 과목에서 자주 사용되고 이론적인 접근과 개념의 집합을 내포하는 정치적인 생각들의 기본에 대해 아는 것이 필수적이다. Political Theory는 보수주의, 자유주의, 급진주의 같은 넓은 범위의 정치적 이론들과 권리, 정의, 재산, 평등, 자유 같은 개념들을 다루고 있다. 이 강좌는 고대 그리스, 중세시대 철학자들의 업적, 계몽 사상가, 그리고 당대의 이론주의자들의 고전적인 집필들을 소개할 것이다. 이론들과 개념들은 케이스 연구들의 효과적인 사용을 통해 이해할 수 있도록 만들어질 것이다. 그것들의 정치의 현실세계에 대한 관련성이 반영될 것이다. 이 강좌는 정치적 청학의 역사에 간략한 개요를 주면서 시작될 것이다. 하지만, 이것은 몇몇의 이론들과 개념에 따라서 구성되어질 것이다. 학생들은 가장 중요한 정치적 사상가들의 원문 읽고 토의할 기회를 가질 것이다. 그들은 어떻게 이론들이 시간이 흐름에 따라 발전되어 왔는지와 특정한 사상가들의 역사적 배경에 관해 배울 것이다. 학생들은 정치적 세계를 이해하고 공부하는데 필수적인 건전한 이론의 기초를 받아들여질 것이다.

The class will look at the most important classical texts of philosophical political thinking from Ancient Greek philosophy up to modernity. We will try to understand how the ideas of 'modern democratic government' have evolved and we will look at main challenges of Western democracies in the age of polarisation and globalisation. We will both look at idealistic texts that speak about philosophical principles of ideal politics, focussing on different theories of the ideal common good, and at so called 'realistic views' that examine the concept of 'power' and 'interests'. We will summarise and analyse the main thoughts and arguments from conservative up to progressive traditions, and take a look at challenges and future goals of politics from a philosophical perspective.

The general rules of our school apply. If the student misses more than 1/3 of the class they cannot get a passing grade. The student should have English reading and listening skills, English speaking or writing skills are helpful, but not required. The class is taught in English, but help with the English language is provided. The specific rules of the class will be explained in the first week of the class.

The general rules of our school apply. If the student misses more than 1/3 of the class they cannot get a passing grade. The student should have English reading and listening skills, English speaking or writing skills are helpful, but not required. The class is taught in English, but help with the English language is provided. The specific rules of the class will be explained in the first week of the class.

Since we cannot help but to live together with other humans, it is useful to be aware of the rich tradition of ideas about how to live together. Living together in a society is both a necessity, but also comes along with a tremendous amount of benefits. However, In every society, people have competing interests (such that person A getting their wishes fulfilled means person B's goal are sacrificed). Competing interests lead to conflicts some of which need to be solved on the political level. Simply put, "power" and or "legitimation" are the tools by which we try to 'solve' such conflicts. We will begin the class by clarifying key concepts of political philosophy, and then take a look at a range of different position from the history of political philosophy.