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Topics in Political Philosophy: State and People 政治哲學專題:國家與人民(95上)

一、 課程說明:

本課程的目標,是要探討在「近代國家」的興起過程中某些政治思想家(主要包括:Machievelli, Bodin, Hobbes, Pufendorf, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Mill, Marx)關於「國家」與「人民」的思想。我們將透過對這些思想家的著作的重要章節之研讀與討論,探討政治哲學中與此相關的一些重要議題,如:政治與道德、主權概念、個人與國家、社會與國家、權威與自由等。



二、 指定用書:

Robert Brown (ed.): Classical Political Theories: From Plato to Marx, New York: Macmillan, 1990.(簡稱:I)

Mitchell Cohen/Nicole Fermon (ed.): Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts since Plato, Princenton University Press, 1996. (簡稱:II)

將由這二本原典選集中選讀文本,在上課時發下。其他講義,亦將於上課時發下。



三、 參考書籍:

James Anderson (ed.): The Rise of the Modern State, Brighton: Harvest, 1986.

Andrew Vincent: Theories of the State, Oxford: Blackwell, 1987.



四、 教學方式:

以討論文主。每位選修學生必須讀完指定文本,於上課時繳交書面讀書報告,並參與口頭報告和討論。



五、 教學進度:

1-2 週:導論:馬基維理與近代國家的興起(Selections from The Prince, I: 188-196)

3 週:Bodin(Selections from Six Books of the Commonwealth, I: 197-215)

4-5 週:Hobbes(Selections from Leviathan, I: 216-248)

6-7週:Pufendorf (Selections from The Law of Nature and Nations, I: 249-268)

8-7週:Locke (Selections from The Second Treatise of Government, I: 269-312)

9-10週:Rousseau(Selections from Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind and The Social Contract, I: 340-363)

11-12週:Hegel (Selections from Philosophy of Right, II: 425-434)

13-14週:Mill (Selections from On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, I: 420-465)

15-16週:Marx(Selections from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, The german Ideology and Menifesto of the Communist Party, I: 466-514)



六、 成績考核:

平時上課表現佔 50%;期末報告占 50%。
Teacher: Wahng-Shan Chang
Semester: 2006 Fall
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