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01 Foundations of Political Thought 3 topics
1 Historical Origins of Political Theory
- Ancient Political Thought (Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese)
- Classical Greek Contributions
- Roman Political Philosophy
2 Core Concepts and Questions
- Power and Authority
- Justice and Rights
- Liberty and Equality
- The State and Sovereignty
3 Methodological Approaches
- Normative Political Theory
- Empirical Political Analysis
- Critical Theory
- Comparative Approaches
02 Classical Political Philosophy 3 topics
1 Ancient Greek Political Thought
- Socratic Political Philosophy
- Plato's Republic and Laws
- Aristotle's Politics and Ethics
2 Roman Political Philosophy
- Cicero and Natural Law
- Roman Jurisprudence
- The Stoics
3 Eastern Political Traditions
- Confucian Political Theory
- Legalism and Daoism
- Buddhist Political Concepts
03 Medieval Political Thought 3 topics
1 Christian Political Philosophy
- Augustine and The City of God
- Aquinas and Natural Law Theory
- The Two Swords Doctrine
2 Islamic Political Philosophy
- Al-Farabi and the Virtuous City
- Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah
- Al-Ghazali and Political Authority
3 Feudalism and Political Organization
- Hierarchy and Obligation
- Divine Right Theories
- Magna Carta and Constitutional Developments
04 Renaissance and Reformation 3 topics
1 Machiavelli and Modern Politics
- The Prince and Republican Virtues
- Realism in Political Thought
- Raison d'État (Reason of State)
2 Protestant Political Thought
- Luther and Political Authority
- Calvin and Civic Republicanism
- Religious Tolerance Debates
3 Utopian Political Thought
- Thomas More's Utopia
- Campanella's City of the Sun
- Early Socialist Conceptions
05 Early Modern Political Theory 3 topics
1 Social Contract Theory
- Thomas Hobbes and Leviathan
- John Locke and Limited Government
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau and General Will
2 Natural Rights Tradition
- Hugo Grotius and International Law
- Natural Rights and Revolution
- Property Rights and Political Power
3 Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
- Bodin and Sovereignty
- Filmer and Patriarchal Power
- Parliamentary Sovereignty in Britain
06 Enlightenment Political Thought 3 topics
1 Liberalism
- Early Liberal Thought (Locke, Montesquieu)
- Classical Liberalism and Economic Freedom
- Limits to State Authority
2 Democratic Theory
- Popular Sovereignty
- Representation and Participation
- Civic Virtue and Citizenship
3 Rationalism and Rights
- Kant's Political Philosophy
- Human Rights Concepts
- Cosmopolitanism and Peace
07 Revolution and Reaction 3 topics
1 American Revolutionary Thought
- Federalists and Anti-Federalists
- The Federalist Papers
- Constitutional Design
2 French Revolutionary Theory
- Declaration of the Rights of Man
- Jacobin Political Thought
- The Terror and Its Justifications
3 Conservative Reaction
- Edmund Burke and Traditional Order
- Joseph de Maistre and Counter-Enlightenment
- Hegel's Philosophy of History and State
08 19th Century Political Ideologies 3 topics
1 Utilitarianism
- Bentham and the Principle of Utility
- John Stuart Mill and Liberty
- Reform Politics
2 Socialism and Communism
- Early Socialist Thought (Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen)
- Marx and Engels
- Scientific Socialism vs. Utopian Socialism
3 Nationalism
- Romantic Nationalism
- National Self-Determination
- Unification Movements
09 Marxism and Its Variants 3 topics
1 Classical Marxist Theory
- Historical Materialism
- Class Struggle and Revolution
- Political Economy Critique
2 20th Century Marxisms
- Lenin and Vanguard Theory
- Gramsci and Cultural Hegemony
- Frankfurt School Critical Theory
3 Post-Marxist Approaches
- Analytical Marxism
- Post-Industrial Class Analysis
- Democratic Socialism
10 Liberal Democracy and Its Critics 3 topics
1 Liberal Democratic Theory
- Pluralism and Group Politics
- Constitutional Liberalism
- Deliberative Democracy
2 Democratic Critiques
- Elite Theory (Mosca, Pareto, Michels)
- Public Choice Theory
- Radical Democratic Alternatives
3 Challenges to Liberal Democracy
- Totalitarianism (Fascist and Communist)
- Authoritarianism and Illiberal Democracy
- Technocratic Governance
11 Contemporary Political Ideologies 3 topics
1 Contemporary Liberalisms
- Social Liberalism
- Neoliberalism
- Communitarianism
2 Conservative Traditions
- Traditional Conservatism
- Neoconservatism
- Religious Conservatism
3 Radical Political Thought
- Anarchism (Classical and Contemporary)
- Libertarianism
- Green Political Theory
12 Justice and Rights 3 topics
1 Theories of Justice
- Rawls and Justice as Fairness
- Nozick and Entitlement Theory
- Capabilities Approach (Sen, Nussbaum)
2 Rights and Recognition
- Human Rights Theory
- Group Rights and Minority Rights
- Recognition Politics
3 Global Justice
- Distributive Justice Beyond Borders
- Climate Justice
- Migration and Citizenship Rights
13 Identity and Difference 3 topics
1 Feminist Political Theory
- Liberal Feminism
- Radical and Cultural Feminism
- Intersectional Approaches
2 Critical Race Theory
- Racial Contract Theory
- Structural Racism
- Antiracist Politics
3 Postcolonial Political Thought
- Colonial and Neocolonial Power
- Subaltern Studies
- Decolonizing Political Theory
14 Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism 3 topics
1 Foucault and Power/Knowledge
- Discipline and Biopower
- Governmentality
- Resistance Strategies
2 Derrida and Deconstruction
- Politics of Difference
- Democracy to Come
- Hospitality and Cosmopolitanism
3 Postmodern Political Thought
- Critique of Grand Narratives
- Identity Politics
- Radical Democracy
15 Global Political Theory 3 topics
1 Theories of International Relations
- Realism and Neorealism
- Liberal Institutionalism
- Constructivism
2 Globalization Theories
- Global Governance
- Empire and Imperialism
- Transnational Movements
3 Cosmopolitan vs. Communitarian Approaches
- World Citizenship
- Nationalism and Self-Determination
- Global Civil Society
16 Political Economy 3 topics
1 Capitalism and Democracy
- Democratic Capitalism
- Varieties of Capitalism
- Crises and Contradictions
2 Welfare State Politics
- Social Democracy
- Corporatism
- Austerity Politics
3 Alternative Economic Systems
- Market Socialism
- Participatory Economics
- Solidarity Economy
17 Technology and Politics 3 topics
1 Digital Politics
- Surveillance and Privacy
- Algorithmic Governance
- Digital Democracy
2 Artificial Intelligence and Political Theory
- AI Ethics and Governance
- Posthumanism
- Machine Rights
3 Science, Technology, and Power
- Technopolitics
- Expertise and Democracy
- Sociotechnical Systems
18 Environmental Political Theory 3 topics
1 Deep Ecology and Biocentrism
- Environmental Ethics
- Ecological Citizenship
- Rights of Nature
2 Climate Politics
- Environmental Justice
- Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Ethics
3 Political Ecology
- Ecological Economics
- Extractivism and Resistance
- Commons Governance
19 Contemporary Challenges to Political Theory 3 topics
1 Crisis of Democracy
- Populism and Anti-Politics
- Democratic Backsliding
- Post-Truth Politics
2 Security and Liberty
- State of Exception
- Securitization Theory
- Privacy in the Digital Age
3 Future of the State
- Sovereignty in a Networked World
- Transnational Governance
- Fragile and Failed States
20 Political Theory and Practice 3 topics
1 Applied Political Theory
- Policy Analysis
- Institutional Design
- Democratic Innovations
2 Political Leadership
- Authority and Legitimacy
- Charisma and Representation
- Ethics of Leadership
3 Politics of Hope
- Utopian Thinking
- Prefigurative Politics
- Radical Imagination
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