Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
External - London School of Economics
Course Title:
WAR, POWER AND MORALITY: POLITICAL THEORY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Course Number:
IR130
Course Description:
By examining the development of international political theory, from the Ancient Greeks to the present, this course will explore and criticise theories and arguments that have been offered to defend or challenge the power of political communities and explain the sources and varieties of conflict and cooperation that can occur within and beyond political communities.
The course will examine the ideas of great political thinkers from Thucydides, Machiavelli and Hobbes to Kant, Hegel and Marx as well as the use to which these arguments have been put in the world of politics and international relations by contemporary thinkers. These thinkers and the concepts they identify and use will provide us with a window into the structures that shape much international politics such as states’ rights and international humanitarian obligations; the nature and status of international law, and the prospects for global democracy and democratisation.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 443
Attachment Files:
IR130-Course-Outline-2022.pdf
