Lecture and Seminar Timetable
Term |
Week |
Block |
Lecture and Seminar Topic |
Autumn Term | 2 | Individual |
Deliberating the Self: Journals/Diaries/Autobiography: John Bunyan; Samuel Pepys; Dudley Ryder; James Boswell; Fanny Burney; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Benjamin Franklin Lecture slides Intro lecture |
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Female Constructions: Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication, Maria) and Mary Hays (Memoirs of Emma Courtney) Lecture slides |
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4 |
Black Narratives: The History of Mary Prince There are 4 distinct elements here: PrefaceLink opens in a new window - Master and SlaveLink opens in a new window - HartmanLink opens in a new window - AmeryLink opens in a new window |
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5 |
The Romantic Self: Leopardi/Stendhal/Hazlitt/Moritz Lecture Slides |
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6 |
~ Reading Week: no lectures or seminars - |
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7 |
Alternative SelvesLink opens in a new window Lecture Slides |
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8 | Polis and Society |
Nature and State: Government and the individual: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke lecture slides |
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9 |
Interests, Consumption and the Virtues and Vices: B de Mandeville and Addison and Steele Fashion Clothes/Hair/Consumer Goods/The Tatler/Spectator lecture slides |
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10 |
The Discovery of Society: Montesquieu, Kames and Millar lecture slides |
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11 ie: week 1 term 2 |
Week 1 Term 2 Society and its Productivity: Adam Smith |
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Spring Term |
week 2 12 |
For slides see Moodle, and for lecture capture see 2020-21 T2W3 both parts Or see here for Part one and Part twoLink opens in a new window |
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week 3 13 |
Contrasting Republics: J J Rousseau / Federalist Papers/Mercy Otis Warren For slides see Moodle, and for lecture capture see 2020-21 |
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14 | Society and Polis |
Commerce and Republics: Ferguson and ConstantLink opens in a new window lecture slides FergusonLink opens in a new window ConstantLink opens in a new window (see also lecture capture) |
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15 |
Improvement and its Critics: William Godwin /Thomas Malthus For slides see Moodle, and for lecture capture see 2020-21 |
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16 |
~ Reading Week: no lectures or seminars ~ |
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17 |
The Contribution of Labour: E. Sieyes/Paine/Charles Fourier/Robert Owen/Feminist Political Economy lecture Slides |
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18 |
The Nation as Community: J. G. Herder/ J. G. Fichte Addresses lecture Slides |
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19 |
Constitutionalism: G. W. F. Hegel – Philosophy of Right This week's lectures cover both this week and the last week of term - you are strongly advised to listen to all the parts of the lecture prior to the class - if that is not possible start with the first and last section. class instructions for weeks 18 and 20 are here - and there is some discussion of the material in Hegel I and Hegel IV |
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20 |
This week's material is part of Hegel I-IV and the classes are the second of the two classes on Hegel's Philosophy of Right see class instructions for week 19 |
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Term 3 week 1 21 |
Order and Change: E. Burke – Reflections/ J. S. Mill Spirit of the Age |
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Summer Term |
22 |
Democratic Society: Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America 1835 and 1840 |
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23 |
Historical Determinism/All that is Solid Melts into Air: Karl Marx |
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24 | Revision |
Revision. Please start with the marking exerciseLink opens in a new window here. You can find the exam answer to mark here You should also look at past papers - and think about how to answer the questions. There is an e-mail setting out our proposals for supporting you in this - copied hereLink opens in a new window. Here are the papers from 2017Link opens in a new window, 2018Link opens in a new window, and 2019Link opens in a new window And here is a set of slides about how you might approach answering questions |