Module HIST52330: THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT 1500-1800, I

Department: History

HIST52330: THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT 1500-1800, I

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• Introduction to the advanced study of early modern British and European political thought.

Content

• The module will address selected aspects of early-modern political thought, reflecting current debate on the subject, and the particular interests of the student. Major (for example, Bodin, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Burke) as well as more minor figures can be covered. Particular attention will be paid to the context and transmission of political thought as well as to the ideas themselves, and students will be able to consider the relationship of political ideology to religious belief, and to the changing articulation of the state during this period.

Learning Outcomes

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Objectives are to be met through a programme of intensive directed reading, regular discussion of issues arising from the reading, and the production of an extensive piece of writing on an agreed subject.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Discussion of work in progress.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University