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| SPOL2324-1 | Reading texts seminar : the classics of political science - 2 (English/French)
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Sophie Wintgens |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| Organized in the form of a seminar, the course aims to allow students to become familiar with reading texts considered to be classics in the area of political science. In order to do this, works and scientific articles have been chosen which allow students to become familiar with the original writings of the various authors. The criteria for the choice of texts is based on an integrational concept of political science located at the crossroads of different disciplines and modes of political construction as an objective: economics, law, philosophy, politics, history, sociology, etc. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The objectives of the course are :
-to supply the student with a methodology that allows him or her to read texts (articles and works) in political and social science;
-To initiate the scientific approach by direct contact with key works and to do so as part of a learning process to be followed through supervised work and the subsequent essay;
-To enable the student to progressively acquire a common conceptual and methodological culture as well as a string disciplinary identity. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The students are expected to have a working knowledge of English which will be the language of half of the texts that form the lecturing portfolio. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course will combine a period of individual lectures (indispensable work before the group sessions), ex-cathedra lessons (aiming to construct a reading methodology and an analysis grid), as well as group sessions (aiming to present and discuss the texts that are covered). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is organized in the form of a seminar requiring the presence and active participation of the students. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Obligatory reading list :
BRAUDEL Fernand, La dynamique du capitalisme, Paris, Flammarion, coll. "Champs Histoire", 2008 (1985), 120 pages.
BURTON John W., World society, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1972, 196 pages.
GROTIUS Hugo, La liberté des mers. Mare Liberum, Paris, Editions Panthéon-Assas, coll. "Les introuvables" 2013 (1609), 153 pages.
FUKUYAMA Francis, "The End of History", The National Interest, été 1989, pp. 3-18.
HUNTINGTON Samuel P., "The Clash of Civilizations", Foreign Affairs, vol. 72, n° 3, été 1993, pp. 22-49.
KANT Emmanuel, Projet de Paix perpétuelle, Paris, Mille et une nuits, 2001 (1795), 94 pages.
MACHIAVEL Nicolas, Le Prince, Bruxelles, UltraLetters, 2013 (1532), 92 pages.
NYE Joseph S. Jr., Soft power. The means to success in world politics, New York, Public Affairs, 2004, 191 pages.
ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques, Du Contrat Social, Paris, J'ai lu, coll. "Librio Philosophie", 2013 (1762), 110 pages.
SUN Tzu, The Art of War, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963, 197 pages.
Another list of suggested reading will be given to the students for the completion of their individual work to be handed in at the end of the course. The students will be free to suggest their own choice of reading material subject to approval by the lecturer. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment will be based on weighting between three different tasks :
- The presence and participation of students during the seminar (20%);
- The presentation of group work and the submission of a report (40%);
- Completion of individual work submitted at the end of the course (40%). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The seminar is organized every year during the second term. However, in order to enable students to better organize their time and reading programme, an information session will take place at the beginning of the first term. |
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Contacts :
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| Sophie Wintgens
Maître de conférences
Département de Sciences Politiques
Université de Liège
Boulevard du Rectorat 7, boîte 38 (Bât. B31)
4000 Liège
Mail : sophie.wintgens@ulg.ac.be |
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