GV476 Half Unit
Twentieth-Century European Liberal Thought
This information is for the 2011/12 session.
Teacher responsible
Availability
Open to MSc European Studies: Ideas and Identities, MSc Political Theory, MSc Political Theory (Research) students and LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in European Studies; open to others on request. Course content
The course will critically examine the ideas of a selection of twentieth century European Liberal Thinkers including Isaiah Berlin, Karl Popper, F.A. Hayek and Michael Oakeshott. Teaching
10 seminars in MT and two seminars in the first and second weeks of ST. Formative coursework
Two 2,000 word essays and a presentation.
Indicative reading
Paul Kelly, Liberalism, Polity Press, 2005; John Gray, Two Faces of Liberalism, Polity Press, 2000; Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty. Karl Popper, Open Society and Its Enemies; Conjectures and Refutations; F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty; Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics On Human Conduct.
Assessment
One 5,000 word essay submitted in the ST. ^
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