Topics in Portuguese Ethical-Political Thought (20th Cent.)

Code:

MFIL025

Acronym:

TPEPP

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	6	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This seminar will focus on the tendencies and/or trends of contemporary Portuguese ethical-political thought, in order to provide a systematic vision of the philosophy of each selected author, bearing in mind the historical and cultural context of each. By establishing a link with the foreign schools of thought of philosophy, an essential objective of this seminar is also to emphasize the unity and diversity of ethical-political reflection in Portugal during the 20th century.

Learning outcomes and competences

This degree implies a consolidated scientific training and good practice research techniques. The link between the program and objectives, seek to deepen these techniques and skills, aimed at consolidating this training, seeking to stimulate an autonomous research route and grounded.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to the Sources; Objectives; General draft of an ethical-political reflection.

1 – From the end of the 19th century to the end of the Republic
1.1 - The heritage of the 70s generation: Antero de Quental
1.2 - Teófilo Braga and Oliveira Martins
2 – The ‘Renascente’ Generation from the "Portuguese Renaissance"
2.1 – The demo-liberal vision in a spiritualist and speculative vein of Leonardo Coimbra
3 - Positivism, Republicanism, Anarchism and Socialism
4 – The institution of the Estado Novo (New State) and the ethical-political reaction
4.1 – Political doctrine and civic intervention of the "Seara Nova"
4.2 - Ethical-political thought of Raul Proença
5 - Eduardo Abranches de Soveral: his ethical-political thought .
6 – Responsibilities of intellectuals in theories and political practices (in Portugal and in the world)

Mandatory literature

Vários; História do Pensamento Filosófico Português, Caminho/ CFUL, 2001-2004
António Braz Teixeira; Conceito e Formas de Democracia em Portugal, Sílabo, 2008
António Pedro Mesquita; O pensamento político português no séc. XIX, IN-CM, 2006
Eduardo Abranches de Soveral; Ensaios sobre Ética, IN-CM, 1993

Teaching methods and learning activities

Aulas teóricas de exposição e aulas práticas de aplicação dos conhecimentos adquiridos.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy > Ethics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	60,00
Estudo autónomo	180,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	270,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Participção nas sessão (30%) + trabalho final (70%)