Political philosophy is in the center of attention nowadays, which is due to à crisis phenomena, which is manifested all over the world. This crisis does not pass Armenia either. In particular, if we consider the adoption of the new constitution, it was not a progress in political thought, but a sign of confusion: how to govern?
The course deals with the key concepts and complete theories of contemporary political thinkers. These thinkers not only tried to understand and explain the above-mentioned phenomena, but also very often guessed their appearance in their embryonic manifestations. Acquaintance with their philosophical studies will provide the course participant with some methodological tools, which will develop their analytical abilities.
1. Carl Schmitt: The theory of the sovereign.
2. Hannah Arendt: Political philosophy.
3. Antonio Gramsci: The theory of hegemony.
4. Jürgen Habermas and modernity
5. The political theory of postmodernism: Jean-Francois Lyotard and others
6. Michel Foucault and biopower
7. Jacques Rancière and the principle of equality
8. Alain Badiou and the theory of the subject
9. Giorgio Agamben and the theory of emergency
10. Political parties in the contemporary world
Lecturer
Vardan Jaloyan
10 lectures
Price: 35.000 AMD
