MA in Civilisation, Terrorism and Dissent

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• Objectives
  Maintaining its long-established reputation as a UK centre for research and teaching in political theory and philosophy, the Department is launching an MA in Civilisation, Terrorism and Dissent. The aim of this very timely new programme is to provoke intellectual work of the highest possible quality into the actions and ideologies of leading international players, such as the US and UK administrations, the United Nations, WTO (and other facets of the institutional architecture of the global economy) and groups using overt violence such as Al- Qaeda and Hezbollah. One recurring question is, in what ways do assumptions about civilisation, progress/ development and barbarism underpin the actions and conflicts between such actors?
• Academic title
  MA in Civilisation, Terrorism and Dissent
• Course description
  During their year with us, full-time students study one
  core module and two options in each of the two
  semesters, and then write a 15,000 word dissertation on
  a related topic over the summer. Part-time students
  spread this work over two years, taking at least the core
  modules in their first year, with the dissertation being
  taken in the second year. Part-time students distribute the
  remaining four options over the two years (in consultation
  with the Department).
  
  Programme structure
  
  Core
  
  Discourses of Civilisation and Barbarism (Semester one)
  Changes in the discourses of civilisation and barbarism
  have had profound effects on power and domination
  within all recorded societies, whether national, international
  or global. Starting with ancient Greece, this module
  analyses the Christian and Islamic worlds, considers
  nineteenth and twentieth century attitudes such as one
  finds in the work of John Stuart Mill and R.G. Collingwood,
  and concludes with a consideration of contemporary
  political ideologies embodied in the theory and practice
  not only of the West (particularly the US) but of countries
  and actors across the globe.
  
  Terrorism, Civil Disobedience and Dissent (Semester two)
  Civil disobedience and dissent were recurring features of
  all societies even before concerns about terrorism took
  centre-stage in the contemporary world.With this in mind
  (and building on the previous core module) this course
  explores different attitudes to rebellion and political
  conflict, especially the justifications offered for terrorism,
  civil disobedience and dissent. It covers such figures as
  Socrates, Thoreau, TH Green, Lenin, Mao, Sorel, Marx,
  Horkheimer, Marcuse, Mandela, Bedau and bin Laden.
  
  Options
  
  In each semester, students choose two optional modules
  from among the Department’s large range of
  postgraduate course, probably the most relevant for this
  programme being (subject to availability):
  Capitalism, Alienation and Power
  British Idealist Political Thought
  Frameworks of Global Governance: Freedom,
  democracy and the new imperialisms
  Globalisation and Governance in Practice
  Hegel and Marx: Selected texts
  Political Theory of Multiculturalism
  Governing Global Finance
  International Relations Theory 1: Classical and Postclassical
  approaches
  International Relations Theory 2: Practical case studies
  Other options may also be available in other departments
  at Hull, such as Philosophy and Law.
  
  Period Three
  
  15,000 word dissertation within the broad area of
  civilisation, terrorism and dissent. Students choose a topic
  that interests them, and – in consultation with a
  supervisor who is an expert in the field - refine and
  research the area, before producing the final version of
  their masterpiece. This allows students to throw
  themselves into the area that fascinates them most.
  
  Gaining your MA is usually only one very significant step
  in a life in this field. Many of the Department’s former
  students have gone on to jobs in academia, and in
  parliaments around the world and regional organisations
  such as the EU, in lobbying organisations and NGOs and
  in the military. Many others have gone into the private
  sector, including management consultancy at
  PriceWaterhouseCoopers, financial journalism with Dow
  Jones Capital Markets, and publishing with the Indian
  head-office of one of the world’s leading academic
  publishers.

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