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Course: 2025/2026

Ideologies and Political Movements in the 21st Century
(14439)
Bachelor in Political Science (Study Plan 2018) (Plan: 396 - Estudio: 205)


Coordinating teacher: LAVEZZOLO PEREZ, SEBASTIAN

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 4º
Semester:



Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
It is recommended, although not essential, to have taken two or some of the following subjects: - Political theory and traditions of thought. - Political theory and contemporary problems
Objectives
This course is intended to familiarize the student with the most important ideologies and political movements of the XXI century. The student will be able to: - Understand the impact of ideologies in current political and social processes and movements. -To acquire, through the knowledge of the theoretical forms and perspectives of the XXI century, a set of theoretical tools that allow them to analyze current political phenomena. -To learn to relate political ideologies with various political proposals that seek to solve important problems of XXI century societies. -To develop reasoning and argumentation skills.
Learning Outcomes
K1: Acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and techniques of the discipline of political science, using the appropriate terminology and the appropriate scientific method K6: To know the main currents of political philosophy, the main contemporary political theories and ideologies and those linked to current political movements C2: Identify, understand and know how to use the main theoretical and conceptual approaches and frameworks of the different areas of specialization and subdisciplines of political science C4: Be able to dedicate themselves to lifelong autonomous learning, which allows them to adapt to new situations in the professional environment S1: Be able to debate and formulate critical reasoning, using precise terminology and specialized resources, on political phenomena
Description of contents: programme
. Political movements and populism - Religious fundamentalism - Pacifism and environmentalism - Contemporary reflections on democracy - Political movements and transitional justice - Political movements and contemporary ethical issues - Political movements, big data and artificial intelligence - Political theory and current developments in bioethics and neuroethics - Current social and political movements in the face of the reason/sentiment dichotomy
Learning activities and methodology
The course includes both plenary lectures and practical sessions A main aim of the course is to get students involved in the learning process, offering the basic tools in order to reasoning and debating the topics and readings of the subject program Students will be encouraged to compare the different ideologies and authors presented throughout the plenary lectures.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 0
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Extraordinary call: regulations
Basic Bibliography
  • Applebaum, A.. Twilight of Democracy. Doubleday Books. 2020
  • Ashcroft, B. . Postcolonial Studies The Key Concepts.. Routledge. 2013
  • Crawford, K.. Atlas of AI. Yale University Press. 2021
  • Damasio, A.. The Strange Order of Things. Vintage. 2018
  • Deleuze, G. (2013). Mille plateaux. Minuit.. .. .. .
  • Diéguez, A. (2021). Transhumanismo. Herder & Herder.. .. . . .
  • Donalson, S. (2018). Zoópolis, una revolución animalista.. .. .. .
  • Dussel, E. D. (2020). Siete ensayos de filosofía de la liberación.. .. .. .
  • Ferry, L. (2017). La revolución transhumanista.. .. .. .
  • Finchelstein, F. (2019). Del fascismo al populismo en la historia.. .. .. .
  • Francis, T. &. (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought. . .. .. .
  • Franks, B. (2019). Anarchisms, Postanarchisms and Ethics.. .. .. .
  • Goodwin, M. (2019). Nacionalpopulismo.. .. .. .
  • Harari, Y. N. (2017). Homo Deus¿: breve historia del mañana.. .. .. .
  • Kaltwasser, C. R. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Populism.. .. .. .
  • Kennedy, D. (2016). Decolonization. Oxford University Press.. .. .. .
  • Koenig, G. (2019). La fin de l¿individu.. .. .. .
  • Lanier, J. (2014). ¿Quién controla el futuro? DEBATE.. .. .. .
  • Levitsky, S. (2018). Cómo mueren las democracias.. .. .. .
  • Livingstone, D. (2015). Transhumanism. David Livingstone.. .. .. .
  • Marshall, P. H. (2010). Demanding the Impossible. Pm Press.. .. .. .
  • Martínez-Bascuñán, M. (2017). Populismos.. .. .. .
  • More, M. (2013). The Transhumanist Reader Classical And Contemporary Essays On The Science Technology And Philosophy Of The Human Future. Wiley-Blackwell.. .. .. .
  • Mounk, Y. (2018). El pueblo contra la democracia¿: por qué nuestra libertad está en peligro y cómo salvarla - 1. edición.. .. .. .
  • Mudde, C. (2019). Populismo¿: una breve introduccion.. .. .. .
  • Müller, J.-W. (2017). What Is Populism? Penguin Classics.. .. .. .
  • Pelletier, P. (2018). Anarchisme, vent debout¿!. .. .. .
  • Rivero, Á., & Zarzalejos, Javier (Eds.). (2019). Geografía del populismo. Tecnos.. .. .. .
  • Robert J. C. Young. Postcolonialism. Oxford University Press. 2020
  • Runciman, D. (n.d.). Así termina la democracia.. .. .. .
  • Taguieff, P.-A. (2020). L¿imposture décoloniale.. .. .. .
  • Taleb, N. N. (2012). Antifragile. Random House.. .. .. .
  • Young, R. (2016). Postcolonialism. John Wiley & Sons.. .. .. .

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.