This course aims to provide students with philosophical references and conceptual tools to understand the issues of social and political problems we face today, such as the rise of the extreme right, multiculturalism, the place of religion in politics, the relationship between economics and politics, minority rights, the gap between citizens and political institutions, etc.
The thread of the course is the study of the now dominant tradition in political philosophy, political liberalism, and the criticisms that the socialist, republican and communitarian traditions waged against it. We will see how these criticisms have forced, and always force political liberalism to self-transform.
It will also pay particular attention to the different readings of the current economic crisis.