College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought
Module POLM057 for 2019/0
Module POLM057 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM057: Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The main aim of this module is to expose you to a variety of approaches and methodological positions in the history of political and philosophical thought. It also aims familiarise you with some of the key texts and debates on the theory and nature of interpretation.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate knowledge of the main methodological debates on questions of interpretation and historical reconstruction of ideas. 2. demonstrate an ability to critically analyse arguments by reading and discussing key texts in seminars and essays; 3. demonstrate an ability to construct sophisticated arguments in oral presentations and written work; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. analyse political arguments; 5. criticise texts in political thought; 6. introduce discussions about the nature of political thought; 7. write well-argued essays and question received ideas about politics; |
Personal and Key Skills | 8. demonstrate abilities to construct and evaluate ideas; 9. formulate and express ideas at different levels of abstraction; and 10. assess and criticise the views of others. |