Module POC2070 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2070: The Politics of Statelessness
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
The module will:
1) familiarise you with critical perspectives on the politics of human rights within contemporary political theory;
2) examine the fruitfulness of the concept of the political for understanding the politics of statelessness
3) reflect on the nature of politics and its thematization within different traditions of political thought.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Evaluate what is political (and, potentially, apolitical, unpolitical or anti-political) about human rights; 2. Interpret a human rights issue (broadly understood) in terms of one of the key concepts (e.g. biopolitics or dissensus) discussed on this module; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Work with political concepts in order to (re)describe and evaluate political phenomena; 4. Evaluate the relative insightfulness of competing theoretical interpretations of political phenomena; |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Design and undertake advanced research; 6. Communicate effectively in speech and writing; |
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:
- Statelessness and the right to have rights (Arendt)
- Biopolitics and the state of exception (Foucault and Schmitt)
- Abandonment and bare life (Agamben)
- Dissensus and the enactment of human rights (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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24 | 126 | 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 | 24 | 12 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 26 | Reading and preparation for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 35 | Research and writing first essay |
Guided independent study | 65 | Research and writing formative proposal and second essay |
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.
Hannah Arendt (1948) The Origins of Totalitarianism. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
Giorgio Agamben (1998) Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press.
Jacques Rancière (1998) Disagreement: Politics and Philosophy. University of Minnesota Press.
Michel Foucault (2005) Society Must Be Defended. Penguin
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