Module POC3124 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3124: Political Thinkers of the Late 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 Aims
This module aims to introduce you to the work of several exemplary thinkers of the late twentieth century who sometimes also participated in the events that they wrote about. It will encourage you to read closely some key political texts that have animated political action and influenced political reflection since their publication. The module aims to provoke critical reflection by engaging with ideas that challenge conventional assumptions about the meaning, possibilities and limits of democratic politics.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate substantive knowledge of the thinkers and texts studied; 2. understand the role that various thinkers and debates have played in shaping modern political thought. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. assess the coherence, plausibility and significance of political arguments; 4. appreciate how political concepts are shaped and transformed by historical context and deployment in action. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. present complex arguments with clarity and concision; 6. communicate effectively in speech and writing. |
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.
Basic reading:
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.
Arendt, Arendt (1963) Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. New York: Viking Press.
Davis, Angela (1998) The Angela Y. Davis Reader, ed. Joy James. London: Blackwell.
de Beauvoir, Simone (1953) The Second Sex. London: Jonathan Cape.
Hall, Stuart (2017) Selected Political Writings: The Great Moving Right Show and other essays. Durham: Duke University Press.
Hayek, Friedrich (1944) The Road to Serfdom. London: Routledge.
Fanon, Frantz (1961) The Wretched of the Earth.
Foucault, Michel (1977) Discipline and Punish. London: Pantheon Books.
Freire, Paolo (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder & Herder.
Lorde, Audre (1984) Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Berkeley: Crossing Press.
Oakeshott, Michael (1962) Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. London: Metheun.