Class History of Political Ideologies

- Political theory is consummated in "Political Science" as a discipline that studies the phenomena of power and the political organization of the community. - The modern form assumed by the theories about the organization of power is called "political ideologies", and reflect on the relationship between sovereignty, individual and society. - The purpose of this credit unit is to draw a historical plan of what were the various conceptions of power and their modern ordering in the two great contemporary ideological families, Liberalism and Socialism.

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1. The "History of Political Ideas" as a theory of power and state. 2. The state as a political organization of society. 3. The evolution of the western political order:      3.1. Classical Antiquity: Greece and Rome;      3.2. Middle Ages (476-1453):           3.2.1. The "Donation of Constantine";           3.2.2. Imperium, Sacerdotium and Regnum: the Bull "Duo Sunt" of Gelase I;         3.3. The Modern Age (1453-1789):           3.3.1. The decay of the medieval and feudal world;           3.3.2. The new "Status";           3.3.3. The theorists of the new sovereign State: Nicholas Machiavelli and Jean Bodin;           3.3.4. The affirmation of the Modern State in Portugal: the political theory of Álvaro Pais;     3.4. The Contemporary Age:          3.4.1. The three Atlantic Revolutions: English (1688/9); American (1776) and French (1789);          3.4.2. Liberal constitutionalism;          3.4.3. The birth of modern political ideologies: Anglo-Saxon and French Liberalism; Socialism.

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- Amaral, Diogo Freitas do (2012). História do Pensamento Político Ocidental. Coimbra, Portugal: Livraria Almedina. - André, José Gomes, Santos, José Manuel & Dias, Bruno Peixe (2016). Teorias Políticas Contemporâneas. Lisboa, Portugal: Documenta. - Eccleshall, Robert, Geoghegan, Vincent, Jay, Richard & Wilford, Rick (2012). Ideologías Políticas (3ª Edição), Madrid, Espanha: Editorial Tecnos. - Sumários do professor e documentação complementar fornecida nas aulas.