Teaching Comparative History of Political Philosophy

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Authors
Publication date 2023
Host editors
  • A.L. Griffioen
  • M. Backmann
Book title Pluralizing Philosophy’s Past
Book subtitle New Reflections in the History of Philosophy
ISBN
  • 9783031134043
  • 9783031134067
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783031134050
Chapter 12
Pages (from-to) 163-178
Publisher Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract The main aim of this chapter is to provide a conceptual framework that makes a genuinely comparative survey of the history of political theory/philosophy [hereafter HOP] possible. At present, in political science and philosophy departments, there are survey courses in HOP that cover, roughly, works from Plato to Max Weber. Such courses, and the survey works they rely upon, are generally Eurocentric and mostly male dominated. This chapter discusses two kinds of obstacles to developing a comparative survey of HOP and then discusses the opportunities a comparative HOP generates.
Document type Chapter
Note Correction published online, 05 May 2023.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13405-0_12
Other links https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13405-0_17
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