NPTEL : NOC:Introduction to Western Political Thought (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Mithilesh Kumar Jha


Lecture 1 - General Outline and Method

Lecture 2 - Method: Text and Context

Lecture 3 - Intro and Justice

Lecture 4 - State and Philosopher King

Lecture 5 - Communism of Wives and Property and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 6 - Intro and Ethics or Virtue

Lecture 7 - Politics and His Ideal State

Lecture 8 - Aristotle-III: Citizenship, Views on Revolution and Criticall Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 9 - Machiavelli-I: Intro and Virtu and Fortuna

Lecture 10 - Machiavelli-II: Politics, Violence, and Religion

Lecture 11 - Machiavelli-III: Republicanism and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 12 - Intro and Human Nature

Lecture 13 - The Leviathan or Sovereign

Lecture 14 - Political Obligation and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 15 - Intro, State of Nature and Natural Rights

Lecture 16 - Limited Government

Lecture 17 - Right to Dissent and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 18 - Rousseau-I: Intro and Social Contract

Lecture 19 - Rousseau-II: General Will and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 20 - Kant-I: Intro and What is Enlightenment?

Lecture 21 - Kant-II: Morality, Autonomy and Freedom

Lecture 22 - Kant-III: Kingdom of Ends and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 23 - Hegel-I: Intro and Freedom

Lecture 24 - Hegel-II: Civil Society and State

Lecture 25 - Hegel-III: Rights and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 26 - Marx-I: Intro and Historical Materialism

Lecture 27 - Marx-II: State and Class

Lecture 28 - Marx-III: Views on Politics, Communism and Critical Assessment of his Thought

Lecture 29 - Mill-I: Intro, Utilitarianism and Subjection of Women

Lecture 30 - Mill-II: On Liberty, Representative Government and Critical Assessment of his Thought