Social and Political Philosophy

This course will introduce the subject of Social and Political Philosophy. Social and political philosophy deals with various socio-political issues like origin and development of society, social contract theory, different issues of society, human rights. This course will also deal with some issues like terrorism, globalization, secularism, Marxism etc. All these issues will be discussed in this course in the light of social and political philosophy

Syllabus

WeekModulesUnitWeek-1Module 1 : Introduction to SocietyUnit 1: Origin and Development of societyWeek-2Module 2 : Social Contract TheoryUnit 2 : Social Contract Theory: Hobbes
Unit 3 : Social Contract Theory: Locke
Unit 4 : Social Contract Theory: RousseauWeek-3Module 3 : Social InstitutionsUnit 5 : Social Institutions: Family, Education and ReligionWeek-4Module 4 : The Role of Individual in the SocietyUnit 6 : Individual and SocietyWeek-5Module 5 : Human RightsUnit 7 : Rights and DutyWeek-6Module 6 : Challenges to the SocietyUnit 8 : TerrorismWeek-7Module 7 : New Issues of the SocietyUnit 9 : GlobalizationWeek-8Module 8 : Development of FeminismUnit 10 : FeminismWeek-9Module 9 : Modern Theories of the SocietyUnit 11 : Marxism : Alienation and Class Struggle
Unit 12 : SocialismWeek-10Module 10 : SecularismUnit 13 : Secularism: Its Nature, Secularism in IndiaWeek-11Module 11 : Ideal StateUnit 14 : The Concept of Ideal StateWeek-12Module 12 : Theory of JusticeUnit 15 : John Rawls : Justice as Fairness