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UTTAR PRADESH

FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM

B.A (Honors) Political Science

Course Title: Western Political Thought-I

L T P/S SW/ TOTAL


FW CREDIT
Course Code: UNITS
- -10 - - 04
Credit Units: 04 30

Course Objectives: The course will seek to comprehend the broad intellectual traditions in
Western political philosophy that has decisively shaped the contours of political philosophy as
we understand it today. It will cover a few representative thinkers chronologically in the history
of ideas and aim to evaluate their philosophy with reference to the contexts in which these grew.
The interpretation of these thinkers will involve striking a balance between the text and the
context, and relate to the core ideas of each.

Pre-requisites: +2 from any stream

Student Learning Outcomes: To demonstrate knowledge of fundamentals of Western political


philosophy. And to describe the interpretation of these thinkers will involve striking a balance
between the text and the context, and relate to the core ideas of each.

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
The Classical Tradition 25%

Descriptors/Topics
Plato
Aristotle

–
Module II The Renaissance Tradition 25%

Descriptors/Topics
Machiavelli

Module III 25%


The Social Contract Tradition

Descriptors/Topics

Hobbes
Locke

Module IV 25%
The Social Contract Tradition

Descriptors/Topics
. Rousseau
Rawls

Pedagogy for Course Delivery: The signature pedagogy of political science is essentially, a
combination of large lecture and smaller group sessions. Political sciences’ signature pedagogy
has remained relatively static. A traditional reliance on lectures, tutorials and private study
remains the contemporary basis for teaching and learning in political science

Lab/ Practical details, if applicable: N.A.

List of Experiments:

 -
 -
 -

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:


Theory Assessment (L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term
Examination
Components (Drop P-1 HA CT-1 ATT EE
down)
Weightage (%) 10 05 10 05 70
Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment:

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term


Examination
Components (Drop P-1 HA CT-1 ATT EE
down
Weightage (%) 10 05 10 05 70

Text & References:


 Q. Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 1990.
 S. B. Smith, Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1989.
 Sir L. Stephen, History of English Thought in the 18th Century 2 Vols., London, London
 School of Economics and Political Science, 1902.
 L. Strauss, the Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Genesis, Oxford, the Clarendon Press, 1936.
 Thoughts on Machiavelli, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1958.
 Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 1964.
 J. L. Talmon, The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy and Political Messianism: The Romantic Phase, London,
Secker and Warburg, 1960.
 T. L. Thorson, Plato: Totalitarian or Democrat, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall, 1963.
 J. Tully, A Discourse on Property: John Locke and his Adversaries, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1980.
 C. E. Vaughan, Studies in the History of Political Philosophy before and after Rousseau,
 Manchester UK, University of Manchester Press, 1925.
 H. Warrender, The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: His Theory of Obligation, Oxford, The Clarendon Press
1957.
 N. Warburton, J. Pike and D. Matravers, Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill, London, Routledge
in association with Open University, 2000.
S. Wolin, Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought, Boston, Little Brown, 1960

Any other Study Material:


 As provided by the faculty

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