ESPS7101 - German Political and Social Thought
Course value: 0.5 units
Convenor: Dr Mark Hewitson
Duration: One term (Term 2)
Teaching structure: One two-hour seminar
Assessment: 1 unseen two-hour written exam (50%), 1 assessed essay of 2,500 words (50%)
Available to: Second Years, Final Years and Affiliates
This course looks at ways in which German thinkers such as Marx, Weber and Habermas have explained the distribution and exercise of power in modern societies and how they have approached the question of political domination and representation.