Politics and Social Movements

Course content

The proposed course takes the topic of social movements into the intersections between politics and social life and political theory and sociological theory. There is one recent theoretical perspective, relational approach, which targets this intersection point by synthesising the previous sociological theories and combining them with a conception of politics. the course firstly introduces students with an in-depth reading, discussion and interpretation of the basic books in this interdisciplinary field with a particular focus on political process or contentious politics theory (relational approach). Then, the course offers to rethink political theory of action through the case of social movements and Arendtigns theory of action.