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POLI-D106

Geschiedenis van het politieke denken I

academic year
2024-2025
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Michel HUYSSEUNE (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch

Course content

Life, works, and intellectuel and methodological contribution of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Rousseau, de Tocqueville and Marx.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Cognitive competences:Knowledge of classic authors and their contribution to modern political thought.Knowledge of a number of classic texts of political thought.Attitudinal competences:Capacity to situate an author and his works in their historical and intellectual contextsCapacity to contextualise and historicize contemporary political concepts

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and in-class discussion

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

The syllabus includes a brief bibliography containinga) the main writings of the authors studiedb) a selective list of secondary literature on the history of political thought and on the specific authors

Contribution to the teaching profile

Reaching, by means of the study of the classic authors of political thought, an understanding of the development of political science and of the basic concepts of political thought

Other information

Contacts

On appointment: Michel Huysseune, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Institute for European Studies), Av. de la Plaine 5, 1050-Bruxelles. E-mail: michel.huysseune@vub.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Written exam, based on the course syllabus and concern all authors studied.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Note is exclsuively based on written exam: 100%

Language(s) of evaluation

  • Dutch

Programmes