Saint Louis University

A. Bonifacio Street, Baguio City, Philippines 2600

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www.slu.edu.ph
SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND LIBERAL ARTS
Department of Political, Legal and Social Sciences
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INSTRUCTORS MODULE
Prepared by: Emmanuel J. Bacud, CSE-Prof, BA-MA Pol Sci

COVERAGE FOR FINAL TERM DISCUSSION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 7A

FLOW OF DISCUSSION:

Preliminary Discussion Sources/ E-Sources/ Required Readings Ideas/ Core Political Concept

-Carl Stephensons The Origin and Significance of

-Feudalistic Era Feudalism (As cited by Curtis, pp. 161-166) Feudalism as system to ameliorate military
capacity; Feudalism as system of socio-
-Levi Roach (2015), Feudalism political hierarchy as well as economic
(6 pages; University of Exeter- United Kingdom). PDF stratification
File

Feudalism as legal contract (Fuedo-Vassalic

Contact; Roach, 2015)

-Renaissance Era -Renaissance (AP European History Unit 1.2; -Rebirth of human spirit, Emergence of
historysage.com; PDF File) centralized nationalistic states, (Italian-City
States)
-Rise of Humanism

EAST:
Wang Yang Ming WANG YAN MING (Internet Encyclopedia of Neo-confucian tradition, Liangzhi in
Philosophy) consonance with the concept of governance,
moral awareness in line with political
behavior

WEST

b.1) Niccolo Machiavelli -Theory of Political Power; Statecraft; Raison

D Etat
 -University of Mumbai PDF File (Power and State-
Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527, pp. 1-12; pp-13-45 for
the Social Contract Theorists)

-Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince with Summary

Notes

-Niccolo Machiavelli- Discourses on Livy with

Summary Notes

b.2) Stephen Junius

Brutus -Right to Resistance

-Curtis, Michael
(pp. 263-272)

b.3) Thomas Hobbes

Social Contract Theory, State of Nature

b.4) John Locke

b.5) Jean Jacques

Rousseau University of Mumbai PDF File (pp. 13-45)

b.6) Jean Bodin Concept of Commonwealth, Theory of

Sovereignty
-Jean Bodin on Sovereignty (Edward Andrew of
University of Toronto; PDF File)

-Account on Jean Bodin (Internet encyclopedia of

Philosophy)
b.7) Baruch Spinoza Naturalism, Political Obligation

-Spinozas Political Philosophy (Stanford Internet

Encyclopedia)

b.8) Giambattista Vico Anti-Enlightenment, Verum-factum principle,

Three Principles of History (in relation to
-Account on Giambattista Vico (Internet Encyclopedia Political Philosophy)
of Philosophy)
b.9) David Hume
-Perspective on Anti-Social Contract
-David Humes Politics: Inheritance and Renewal of Philosophy, Political Economy
Political Thought by Inuzuka, H. (PDF File)
-Wennerlind (PDF File) David Hume on Theory of
Commercialization

NOTES:
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