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210187 SE BAK9 SE Politische Theorien und Theorienforschung (2022S)

Popular Sovereignty and the Will of the People (engl.)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
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max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Deutsch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Freitag 29.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
Freitag 03.06. 14:30 - 21:00 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Freitag 10.06. 11:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Freitag 17.06. 11:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock

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GASTPROFESSUR:
Nicolai von Eggers Mariegaard

The concepts of sovereignty and popular sovereignty have been central to key texts and debates within the history of political thought. Such debates concern the legitimate exercise of power, basis for decision-making, and the role and involvement of regular people in politics. The concept was central to classical authors such as Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but also to modern-day political thinkers such as Carl Schmitt, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Rancière. It has furthermore been central to key political events ranging from the French and American Revolution to today’s debates over referenda, national sovereignty, the EU, and post-colonial self-determination.

In this course, we will explore different conceptions of (popular) sovereignty by way of reading key texts in their proper political context, from Bodin and the French Wars of Religion, Hobbes and the English Revolution, Rousseau and the French Revolution to Schmitt and the Weimar Republic. In addition, we will study contemporary uses and critiques of sovereignty by contemporary political thinkers. In this way, students will get a comprehensive understanding on different and often antagonistic conceptions of sovereignty with the aim of using them to understand and discuss contemporary political issues.

On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the various historical and theoretical conceptions of sovereignty and popular sovereignty;
- Demonstrate a close familiarity with a variety of key texts, thinkers and theoretical positions at the core of the political theoretical tradition;
- Critically evaluate the theoretical assumptions underpinning different arguments on the themes covered in the course;
- Use the category of sovereignty to analyse and discuss historical and contemporary politics

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Requirements are (1) submission of a seminar paper (10-15 pages) (50%); (2) short presentation on one of the weeks’ topics (35%); and (3) attendance and active participation in the seminars (15%). All parts are mandatory.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

1 = „sehr gut“ (min. 90%)
2 = „gut“ (min. 80 %)
3 = „befriedigend“ (min. 65%)
4 = „genügend“ (min. 50%).
All values below 50% will be graded „nicht genügend“

Prüfungsstoff

Students are expected to show comprehensive knowledge of all aspects and texts discussed in the course.

Literatur

Books

Giorgio Agamben, Homo Sacer (selection)
Aristotle, Politics (tr. Carnes Lord) (selection)
Jean Bodin, On Sovereignty (selection)
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality 1: The Will to Knowledge (selection)
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (selection)
Joseph de Maistre, “On the Sovereignty of the People,” Against Rousseau (selection)
Jacques Rancière, Disagreement (selection)
Maximilian Robespierre, Virtue and Terror (selected speeches)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (selection)
Carl Schmitt, On the Political (selection)
Carl Schmitt, Political Theology (selection)
The Putney Debates (selection)
The Federalist Papers (selection)

Articles

Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner (eds.), Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective (selection)
Julian Franklin (ed.), Constitutionalism and Resistance in the Sixteenth Century (selection)
Julian Franklin, “Sovereignty and the Mixed Constitution”
Paulo Gerbaudo, “Reclaiming Popular Sovereignty”
Duncan Kelly, “Populism and the History of Popular Sovereignty,” The Oxford Handbook of Populism
Richard Tuck, The Sleeping Sovereign: The Invention of Modern Democracy

To acquire beforehand
All students are advised to acquire Richard Tuck, The Sleeping Sovereign: The Invention of Modern Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2015), which we will use throughout the course and read in its entirety.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 04.04.2022 11:09