(a) Political Philosophy Political Philosophy Contents Page (has topics numbered, and in alphabetical order).
Conservatism: Introduction, Burke, Hegel Oakeshott and Nozick Thatcherism Hayek, liberal conservatism, new right economics
Feminism (Introduction) Simone de Beauvoir Feminism (Extracts and Quotes) Feminism and Inequality Feminism Today
Environmentalism (notes for political philosophy) Notes on Climate Change, 'Sceptics' etc.
See also: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environment
and: Social Movements: the Environmental and Green Movements
and especially: ‘Protecting the Planet’ (below) protecting the planet: introduction
Lecture Notes: Billericay course 2018:
Week 1: Introduction Billericay 2018 week 1: Summary
for students
Week 2: Introduction continued:
Enlightenment values Billericay 2018 week 2: Summary
for students
Week 3: Science Billericay 2018 week 3: Summary
for students
Week 4 Economic Underpinnings (war, trade, agricultural and industrial revolutions) Not covered for Billericay 2018.
Week 5: Religion Billericay 2018 week 4: Summary
for students
Billericay Week 5 David Hume & Adam
Smith Billericay 2018 week 5: Summary
for students
Week 6: Human Nature in
Smith, Rousseau and Kant (Smith for Billericay see week 5) Billericay
2018 week 6: Summary for students
Week 7: The Arts (extended to first part of week 8 also) Not covered for Billericay 2018.
Week 8: Political Ideas (part A) - Kant, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau) Billericay 2018 week 7}
Week 9: Political Ideas (part B) - The American & French Revolutions, Burke and Paine Billericay 2018 week 7} Summary for students
Week
10: Problematics: slavery, race,
women Billericay 2018 week 8. Summary
for students
Introductory notes (Week 1 of ‘People
Power’):
Other notes on the Labour Movement:
2:
The Women’s Movement: (Weeks 3 & 4 of ‘People Power’)
The Women's Movement (2019 notes) (Week 3 of ‘People Power’)
The Women's Movement: Waves and Philosophies (Week 4 of ‘People Power’) Women's Movement Summary Handout (Weeks 3 & 4 of ‘People Power’)
The Women's Movement (original notes)
3. Youth Movement:
(People Power Weeks 5 & 6)
Youth, Students and the Counter Culture
Week
5 Handout (Week 5 of ‘People Power’)
'May '68' - student & workers uprising in Paris Week 6 Handout (Week 6 of ‘People Power’)
Section 2: the anti-nuclear movement Summary Handout Week 8 (Week 8 of ‘People Power’)
5: The Environmental Movement.
(People Power Weeks 9 & 10)
Now
part of a new course: Protecting the Planet (see (c) below).
The Environmental (Green) Movement. Summary Handout for Weeks 9 & 10 (Weeks 9 & 10 of ‘People Power’)
See also: Protecting the Planet Part 10: the movement (another version)
Further notes:
See also my first notes on this topic: Corporate Social Responsibility 6 the environment.
Climate Change. See also Causes of climate change
Environmental issues in Australia
How an Australian environmentalist survived a crocodile attack and changed her view on humans and nature: Val Plumwood and the crocodile
See also Environmentalism for political philosophy course (above)
And especially ‘Protecting the Planet’ (below) protecting the planet: introduction
6. Conclusion: Comparison of Social Movements (for Learning outcomes) (Week 10 of ‘People Power’)
Chapter 8: Inequality Updates on Inequality [New! – recent events (credit crunch, debt crisis, recession and especially the Occupy
demonstrators) have brought into the public domain the issue that has been central for socialists for some 200 years at
least: inequality of income, wealth and power.]
Chapter 9: Summary of 'Remedies' and Conclusion.