Module POLM803 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM803: Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module explores some of the main themes in modern and post-modern political thought from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics selected may vary from year to year. Main debates covered may comprise several of the following themes: Liberty; Toleration; State and Civil Society; Capitalism and the Market; Social Contract theories; the idea of Enlightenment; Utility and Pleasure; Post-modernity. Topics for the Reading Group vary from year to year, comprising a variety of texts and approaches in political thought.
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 | Weekly meetings (2-3 hours per week), comprising both substantive classes, and preparation for and participation in the Reading Group meetings. |
Guided independent study | 278 hours | Independent study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Hobbes, Leviathan (Cambridge, 1996); John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration (Cambridge, 2008); I. Kant, What is Enlightenment (Cambridge, 1994); J. S. Mill. On Liberty (Oxford, 1995); Friedrich Nietzsche. On the Genealogy of Morals (Cambridge, 1991).