Semester	Fall Semester, 2023
Department	MA Program of Political Science, First Year PhD Program of Political Science, First Year MA Program of Political Science, Second Year PhD Program of Political Science, Second Year
Course Name	Seminar in Early Modern Political Thought
Instructor	CHOU CHIA-YU
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Requirements:

Participation (30 %)

Midterm exam (30 %)

Final exam (30%).

While there are several editions of Leviathan available, I recommend this one: Hobbes, Thomas 1994. Leviathan. (ed.) E. Curley, Indianapolis, Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company.　

Week	Topic	Content and Reading Assignment
Week	Topic	Content and Reading Assignment
1		Introduction to Hobbes’s Leviathan Presentation arrangements
2	Human nature	Leviathan. Part I: Of Man, Introduction, ch. 1-4: 3-22.
3		Leviathan ch. 5-7, 22-37.
4		Leviathan ch. 10- 12, 50-74.
5	State of nature	Leviathan ch. 13- 15, 74-100.
6	Sovereign state	Leviathan. ch. 16 -19, 101 – 127.
7	Natural liberty & Equality	Leviathan. ch. 20 -21, 127 – 145.
8		Leviathan. ch. 22 - 24, 146-165.
9		Midterm exam
10	Skinner’s Hobbes	Liberty before liberalism, 1-57.
11		Leviathan. ch. 25 - 26, 165-189.
12		Leviathan. ch. 27 -28, 190-210.
13		Leviathan. ch. 29-30, 210-233.
14	Theology	Leviathan. ch. 39-41, 314-333
15	Of Power Ecclesiastical 論教會權力	Leviathan. ch. 43-44. Sec.9, 397-415. Leviathan. A Review and Conclusion, 485-497.
16		Final exam
17		TBA
18		TBA

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Grading is based on participation (30%), Midterm exam (30%) and final exam (40%)

Textbook & Reference

Hobbes, Thomas 1994/ Leviathan. (ed.) E. Curley, Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc..

Quentin Skinner, Liberty before Liberalism. Cambridge University Press.

Urls about Course

Attachment

syllabus_112_1_.pdf