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Course Description
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Course Name
History of Political Thought
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Host University
University of Stirling
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Location
Stirling, Scotland
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Area of Study
International Relations, Political Science
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Language Level
Taught In English
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SCQF Credits
20 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits5
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units7
Hours & Credits
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Overview
This module examines the political thought of the western world from the eighteenth to the twentieth centurieswith particular attention to the main thinkers whose ideas have impinged on Britain . The central issue addressed isthe question of why the theorists adopted their views on politics, and so considers the intellectual and personalinfluences operating upon them. The thinkers fall into three groups: Burke, Bentham and Mill; Rousseau, Hegel andMarx; and T.H. Green, R.H. Tawney and Michael Oakeshott.
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