This MA explores the theme of resistance in political theory. It examines how this theme has featured in the history of political ideas from Plato to Badiou. It also investigates past and present practices of resistance in a wide range of activities including art, film, poetry and fiction. By linking theory to practice and focusing on a core thematic, this MA will develop an innovative approach to political thought encompassing historical, conceptual and practical knowledge. The core modules provide a strong grounding in theories and practices of resistance, and the MA offers students the opportunity to do an assessed practical performance.

Course content

• Resistance in Theory
• Resistance in Practice
• Philosophy and Methodology and Politics and International Relations
  Three other modules which might include specialist modules in Resistance and the Politics of Truth, and Resistance and Alternatives to Capitalism and Democracy
• Dissertation

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework plus the dissertation.

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Roxanne Devine
School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK
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Michael Sewell
Brussels School of International Studies,
University of Kent at Brussels, Boulevard de la Plaine 5, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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