College of Social Sciences and International Studies
The Politics of Human Rights
Module POLM077 for 2016/7
Module POLM077 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM077: The Politics of Human Rights
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Pragmatism and cosmopolitanism (Ignatieff & Benjabib)
Human rights and the concept of the political (Arendt)
Biopolitics and the state of exception (Foucault and Schmitt)
Abandonment and bare life (Agamben)
Human rights dissensus (Rancière)
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 278 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 hours | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided independent study | 78 hours | Reading and preparation for seminars |
Guided independent study | 70 hours | Research and writing shorter essay |
Guided independent study | 130 hours | Research and writing formative research proposal and longer essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).