Polytechnic University of the Philippines Department of Sociology and Anthropology SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT SOCI 3023 1st

Semester 2012-2013 Instructor: Camille Bacale-Ocampo,Llb. Office Hours: by appointment Email: kamo_camo@yahoo.com Course Objective (1) for students to acquire a basic knowledge of the origins and nature of various contemporary social, political, and economic concepts as these can be derived from the works of selected Western thinkers; (2) for students to have a knowledge of the ideas of selected Western thinkers as regards the nature of man; the nature of society; and the nature of the truth and reality; (3) for students to know the difference between mainstream and alternative ideas and theories regarding the origin, nature, and dynamics of social, political, and economic institutions as well as values. Grading System 40% = Examination (20% = midterms, 20% finals) 30%= Seminar Paper (4) 20%= Seminar on Social and Political Thought 10% = Debate Additional .25 on you final grade for perfect attendance. Class Website All announcements, assignments, group works and projects will be posted on our official website bacalesociology.webs.com. You may also post a comment there if you have questions. Required Text and Study Materials A compilation of Sociological texts. Course Itinerary (Subject to change) Date 1 Week
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Topic Introduction Plato Aristotle Submission of First Seminar Paper St. Augustine St. Aquinas Machiavelli

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Locke, Hobbes ,Rousseau Submission of Second Seminar Debate Midterm Examination Adam Smith and David Ricardo

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Hegel and Feuerbach Weber and Durkheim Nietzche Submission of Third Seminar Paper Marx Keynes Lenin Foucault Habermas, Rawls,Fukuyama Submission of Fourth Seminar Paper Final Examination Submission of Final Paper

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Readings The Republic by Plato. http://www.idph.net. 18 May 2002. 2. Politics by Aristotle. Batoche Books. Kitchener. 1999. 3. Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas. TREATISE ON HUMAN ACTS http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.toc.html 4. The City of God by St. Augustine. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.iv.ii.html 5. The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli. http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince.pdf 6. Two Treatises of Government by John Locke http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/locke/government.pdf 7. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/hobbes/Leviathan.pdf 8. SOCIAL CONTRACT by Jean Jacques Rousseau. http://www.ucc.ie/social_policy/Rousseau_contrat-social.pdf 9. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/adam-smith/Wealth-Nations.pdf 10. On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo. http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/ricardo/Principles.pdf 11. Philosophy of Right by. G.W.F Hegel. socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/hegel/right.pdf 12. Towards a Critique of Hegels Philosophy. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/feuerbach/works/critique/inde x.htm 13. The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber http://www.mipan.info/pdf/ethic/6.pdf 14. Division of Labour in Society by Emile Durkheim. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58651597 15. The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzche. http://www.anus.com/zine/db/friedrich_nietzsche/friedrich_nietzschethe_antichrist.pdf 16. The Communist Manifesto by Marx. http://www.marxistsfr.org/archive/marx/works/download/manifest.pdf 17. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes. http://ambidextrouscivicdiscourse.com/wpcontent/uploads/2010/10/The-General-Theory-of-Employment-Interestand-Money.pdf 18. The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin. http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ 19. Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault. http://www.naturalthinker.net/trl/texts/Foucault,Michel/Foucault, %20Michel%20-%20Madness%20and%20Civilization.pdf 20. The Theory of Communicative Action by Jurgen Habermas. http://www.citadelofphilosophy.com/Books/HabermasTheTheoryofComm unicative_Action_%28Volume_1%29.pdf
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21. A Theory of Justice by John Rawls.

http://espectroalejandria.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/82985311-atheory-of-justice.pdf 22. The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama. http://www.revalvaatio.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/fukuyamathe_end_of_history.pdf