Module POC3120 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3120: Political Thinkers of the Early Twentieth Century
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module will survey a range of exemplary thinkers and texts from the early twentieth century. While the specific thinkers and texts surveyed may vary from year to year, they will be selected to reflect a range of themes (such as freedom, revolution, oppression and social order) and ideologies (such as conservativism, socialism, anarchism, libertarianism). An indicative list of thinkers whose work the module might examine includes: W.E.B. Du Bois, Emma Goldman, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Schmitt, Benito Mussolini, Antonio Gramsci, Simone Weil, and Friedrich August von Hayek.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 130 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 20 | Weekly seminars (10 x 2 hours) |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Reading and preparation for seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 90 | Preparation and completion of assessment tasks |
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.
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.
W.E.B. Du Bois [1903] The Souls of Black Folks
Emma Goldman [1910] Anarchism and Other Essays
Rosa Luxemburg [1906] The Mass Strike, Political Party and the Trade Unions
Vladimir Lenin [1917] The State and Revolution
Mahatma Gandhi [1920] ‘The Doctrine of the Sword’ and other selected texts from The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi.
Carl Schmitt [1932] The Concept of the Political
Simone Weil [1934] ‘Reflections on the Causes of Liberty and Social Oppression’
Friedrich August von Hayek [1944] The Road to Serfdom
