PLT1070 - Modernity in Crisis: Citizenship, Democracy and Identity

Leader: Paul Muldoon

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

A study of the ideas and practices of Western societies and of the various logics of modernity in the context of the contemporary nation-state. In particular the concepts of democracy, capitalism and industrialisation are analysed by asking questions about the universal values of freedom and life, and the categories of autonomy, gender and race.

Assessment

Essay (2500 words): 50%
Examination (2 hours): 50%

Contact hours

3 hours (2 x 1 hour lectures and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week