Department of Governance
and Public Policy
MSc Semester I
Module: Political Philosophy.
Course Code GOS-501
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives
of the Course are to familiarize the students with the emergence of political
thought since the medieval ages and the views of different political
philosophers, both western and Islamic and to link these teachings with the
political systems prevalent today with special reference to Pakistan .
COURSE OUT LINE
A detailed and
comprehensive study of the ideas regarding origin of the State, beginning from Western Political
Thought, the Islamic Political Thought. Administration of the State in Islamic
Society and study and Emergence of Political System in Pakistan with special reference to
the present setup of the Local Government.
COURSE CONTENTS:
·
Western
Political Thoughts:-
o Introduction
to Political Philosophy in the context of Governance.
o Greek
Political Thought, The Theory of Greek City State.
o Plato-
Writings of Plato, the Ideal State of Plato and his contribution to the History
of Political Thought.
o Aristotle:
The Politics of Aristotle.
o Plato
and Aristotle- A Comparative Study.
o Aristotle’s
Best and Ideal State, Aristotle’s idea on Revolution, Universal and Hellenic Philosophy.
o Roman
Political Thought.
o Beginning
of Modern Political Thought Niccolo Machiavelli (The Prince).
o Political
Philosophy of Reformation and Counter Reformation (Martin Luther).
o Modern
Democratic Philosophers and Processes
o Thomas
Hobbes
o John
Locke
o Montesquieu
o Rousseau
o Karl
Mark
o Various
Movements i.e Socialism, Communism Capitalism.
Introduction To Islamic
Political Thought
o The
Quranic State
o Ibn-e-Arbi
(9th Century)
o Farabi
(870-950)
o Nazim-ul-Mulk
Tusi (1029-1082)
o Ghazzali
(1058-1111)
o Ibn
Khaldum (1332-1406)
o Introduction
to Development of Islamic Political Thought.
o Development
of Local Government in Pakistan.
o Political
Philosphy in Pakistan.
o Out
lines of Palestine’s Political System.
o Devolution
of Powers and the Present Local Government System in Pakistan (Nazim ,Naib-Nazim etc)
RECOMMENDED READINGS
·
History of European Political Philosophy by D.R
Bhandari.
·
Muslim Political Thought by Muhammad Aslam.
·
Western Political Thought by Suresh Pant
Studies in Muslim Political Thought and Administration
By H.K Sherwani
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