Introduction to Political Theory (English)

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Political Theory

Lecture 2: Lec 1: General Outline and methods

Lecture 3: Lec 2: Political theories and ideologies

Lecture 4: Lec 3: Liberty: Republican conception of freedom

Lecture 5: Lec 4: Systems Approach to Design

Lecture 6: Lec 5: Freedom as Swaraj,Free speech & hate speech

Lecture 7: Lec 6: Introduction :Equity and egalitarianism

Lecture 8: Lec 7: Equality of opportunity; preferential treatment

Lecture 9: Lec 8: Luck Egalitarianism and its critiques; Equality and Liberty

Lecture 10: Lec 9: Introduction and forms of rights

Lecture 11: Lec 10: Conflicts between rights

Lecture 12: Lec 11: Rights and Duties

Lecture 13: Lec 12: Justice :A distributive concept

Lecture 14: Lec 13: Justice :Procedural & Substantive; Justice as fairness

Lecture 15: Lec 14: Justice :Capability approach; libertarian, communitarian conception of Justice

Lecture 16: Lec 15: Justice :Feminist conceptions of justice; Global justice

Lecture 17: Lec 16: Introduction to Power and authority

Lecture 18: Lec 17: Power, legitimacy & hegemony

Lecture 19: Lec 18: Power & knowledge; different conceptions of power

Lecture 20: Lec 19: Introduction and different conceptions of state & sovereignty

Lecture 21: Lec 20: Modern nation state; liberal, Marxist and feminist conceptions of state

Lecture 22: Lec 21: State and governmentality

Lecture 23: Lec 22: Procedural and Substantive Democracy

Lecture 24: Lec 23: Various models of democracy

Lecture 25: Lec 24: Challenges and Limits of Democracy; Free press and Democracy

Lecture 26: Lec 25: Citizenship: Subject and Citizen

Lecture 27: Lec 26: T H Marshal & liberal conceptions of citizenship as legal and equal member

Lecture 28: Lec 27: Muliticulturalism and Cosmopolitan Citizenship

Lecture 29: Lec 28: Introduction; Doom & Gloom; Democracy and environmental crisis

Lecture 30: Lec 29: Climate change and environmental justice

Lecture 31: Lec 30: Revisiting some key themes and concepts