ITESO, UNIVERSIDAD JESUITA DE GUADALAJARA

ITESO, UNIVERSIDAD
JESUITA DE GUADALAJARA

Political Philosophy

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"Power and violence are opposites; where one rules absolutely, the other is absent." Arendt.

Course with a duration of 30 hours, distributed over 10 sessions, with one session per week.

Objetive:

To reflect philosophically on the political relationships in our social context as they relate to power, violence and the ideologies that shape us and form us as a society. To respond critically to the question Why societies and not individuals? for the purpose of questioning our own power relations within which we function on a day-to-day basis.

Aimed to:

Professionals interested in the philosophical and political issues of our society.

Course content:

  • Introduction to the problem of the relations between the individual and society
  • Society and the birth of the state in Western civilization
  • The state and social classes as a control mechanism
  • The origins of power as a concept of contemporary philosophy
  • Violence and power
  • The dispute between new social identities

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