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== Part One - The Birth of the Concept of the State == | == Part One - The Birth of the Concept of the State == | ||
Chapter I - [[Machiavelli and the Italian Renaissance]] | |||
Chapter II - [[The era of the Reformation]] | |||
Chapter III - [[The birth of the modern concept of the state]] | |||
== Part Two - The State and the Individual == | == Part Two - The State and the Individual == | ||
Chapter IV - [[John Locke and the Civil Government Debate]] | |||
Chapter V - [[Montesquieu and the definition of the Free State]] | |||
Chapter VI - [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the new social contract]] | |||
== Part Three - Equal Rights and the Breakthrough of the Modern Liberal State == | == Part Three - Equal Rights and the Breakthrough of the Modern Liberal State == |
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Famous representation of the different schools of Antiquity: in the centre, we recognise Plato pointing to the sky (an allusion to his theory of Ideas) and Aristotle pointing to the earth (an allusion to his concern to anchor knowledge in the examination of empirical facts). Detail of a fresco by Raphael (c. 1511).
Professeur(s) | Alexis Keller[1][2][3] |
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Cours | History of Legal and Political Thought: The Foundations of Modern Legal and Political Thought 1500 - 1850 |
Lectures
- Machiavel et la Renaissance italienne
- L’ère de la Réforme
- La naissance du concept moderne de l’État
- John Locke et le débat sur le gouvernement civil
- Montesquieu et la définition de l’État libre
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau et le nouveau pacte social
- Le Fédéraliste et la théorie politique américaine
- John Stuart Mill, démocratie et limites de l’Etat libéral
This course is intended for students in law, international relations and political science. It provides an introduction to the history of modern legal and political thought in the West. Focusing on the emergence of the concept of the state, which took shape in the 17th century, the course covers the different currents of modern political thought, with particular emphasis on the contributions of the Reformation and authors such as Bodin, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau and the American founding fathers. Compulsory reading accompanies the course.[4]
Lecturs
Part One - The Birth of the Concept of the State
Chapter I - Machiavelli and the Italian Renaissance
Chapter II - The era of the Reformation
Chapter III - The birth of the modern concept of the state
Part Two - The State and the Individual
Chapter IV - John Locke and the Civil Government Debate
Chapter V - Montesquieu and the definition of the Free State
Chapter VI - Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the new social contract
Part Three - Equal Rights and the Breakthrough of the Modern Liberal State
Chapter VII - The Federalist and American political theory
Chapter VIII - John Stuart Mill, Democracy and the Limits of the Liberal State
Annexes
References
- ↑ Alexis Keller - Wikipedia
- ↑ Alexis Keller - Faculté de droit - UNIGE
- ↑ Alexis Keller | International Center for Transitional Justice
- ↑ "Programme Des Cours." Prog Cours. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2014. <http://wadme.unige.ch/pls/opprg/w_det_cours.debut?p_code_cours=J2D033&p_plan_is=0&p_langue=1&p_frame=N&p_mode=PGC&p_annee=2014&p_suffixe=&p_grtri=12282>.