Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6511BEASOC-SEP-PAR
Aims
1. To critically evaluate the issue of Eurocentrism in political theories and intellectual development.
2. To understand the rich historical context in which non-western political thoughts are developed.
3. To compare between different intellectual systems and their views on prominent political issues such as rights, justice and equality.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically understand issue of Eurocentrism in world politics
2.
Appraise non-western political thoughts in context.
3.
Formulate a critical, evolutionary view on the historical variances of political theories across time and place.
4.
Critically assess how the non-western political practices shed lights on world politics.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Topics covered will typically include:
Orientalism
Islamic Political thought
Confucius
Region specific perspectives
Postcolonial theories
Challenges to traditional Western theories
Additional Information:This module is designed with the understanding that our extant historical knowledge (which is implicitly Eurocentric) needs to be globalised. It means the non-western world should be better weighted and given due attention rather than seen as a passive receiver of western impacts. So it emphasises a lot on the historically situated forces in the making of non-western world of ideas and more importantly, their connections and complex relationships.