Power; state; freedom; equality: moral, legal, material equalities; justice: egalitarian, libertarian theories of justice; democracy; citizenship
Classical ideologies
Liberalism: contractarianism, rights-based liberalism, utilitarianism; conservatism; socialism: utopian socialism, scientific socialism; anarchism; nationalism: liberalism and nationalism, socialism and nationalism; fascism
Contemporary ideologies
Feminism: liberal, socialist, radical, black, philosophical feminisms; multiculturalism: culture, race, ethnicity, religion; ecologism: environmental crisis, land ethic, deep ecology; fundamentalism: fundamentalism and religion, modernity and tradition, fundamentalism, democracy and violence
Contemporary ideas
Human rights: human rights conventions, relativism v/s universalism, group rights; civil disobedience: civil disobedience and law breaking, civil disobedience and democracy, civil rights movement; terrorism: political violence v/s terrorism.
Texts:
1. H. John, G. Paul, Introduction To Political Theory, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2007
2. G. Gerald, Political Concepts And Political Theories, Westview Press, Oxford, 2000
References:
1. M. Tibor, S. J Aeon, Political Philosophy, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2007
