Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject examines the work and ideas of three major philosophers of modernity, democracy and gender. It will principally focus on the following themes: the human condition; political action; public and private spheres; rationality and reason; shame and conscience; gender and democracy; modernity and antiquity. The major texts for this subject are H Arendt The human condition and The origins of totalitarianism; A Heller The power of shame and general ethics; C Pateman The sexual contract and Participation and democratic theory.
Assessment: Written (4500 words) 60% + Examination (3 hours): 50%