Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
Sciences Po - Paris campus
Course Title:
WAR, PEACE AND THE SOVEREIGN STATE : POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM MACHIAVELLI TO KANT
Course Number:
DSPO 25A39
Course Description:
This course examines the evolution of political ideas from the early 16th century to the end of the 18th, with a particular focus on the emergence and development of the related concepts of sovereignty, the state and international law. Beginning with Machiavelli, in whose writings the shape of modern political thought is first discernible, it will examine successively the theories of Bodin, Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Pufendorf, Rousseau and Kant. The course will be of equal interest to students of Political Science and International Relations.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 324
Course URL:
https://syllabus.sciencespo.fr/fr/?202210/218229
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