CRIA5001 Crises, Conflicts and Security (5 op)
Avainteksti
Kuvaus
The course focuses on three concepts central to
the Western political tradition: crisis, conflict and security. The lectures
traces the history of these concepts, their functioning in diverse traditions
of political thought and their relation to one another. The course highlights
the way the Western political tradition has not merely deployed crisis,
conflict and insecurity to legitimate the establishment and operation of
political orders but also invested these three notions with a positive meaning.
Osaamistavoitteet
The aim of the course is to provide a critical introduction to
contemporary debates in crisis, conflict and security studies; to familiarize
the students with the key concepts in these fields of study; to develop the
students’ skills in critical reading and textual analysis as well as their abilities
to apply theoretical concepts to issues and events in contemporary politics.
Esitietojen kuvaus
Oppimateriaalit
List of literature below. Additional recommended readings can be determined at the beginning of the course.
Kirjallisuus
- Koselleck, R. 2006: Crisis. Journal of the History of Ideas 67 (2). pgs: 357-400. ISSN: 0022-5037
- Peoples, Columba & Nick Vaughan-Williams: Critical Security Studies : An Introduction, 2nd edition 978-0-415-84183-2, 978-0-203-76423-7 (e-kirja)
- Mouffe, C. 2013: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically. London: Verso. 978-1-78168-103-9 (n)