Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von PhD Adrià Alcoverro

Lehrveranstaltungen

Introduction to Political Science (Seminar)

Inhalt: This course explores key concepts in political science through its core fields: political theory, political parties and institutions, and international relations. It combines a strong focus on the historical foundations of these ideas with an open, discussion-based approach to contemporary debates. Through a mix of classic texts from Western political thought, recent academic literature, and carefully selected films, students will examine how fundamental political concepts have evolved and how they continue to shape today’s world. The seminar format provides space for critical reflection, interactive discussion, and the development of independent perspectives.

Western political thought in retrospective: From the formation of the nation-state to the present rise of the extreme right. (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Adrià Alcoverro

Termin:
14-täglich | Dienstag | 14:15 - 17:45 | 06.04.2026 - 10.07.2026 | C 14.102 b Seminarraum

Inhalt: This course addresses not really the origins of the extreme right rather to understand how the contradictions within the problematic formation of the nation-state relate to the emergence of the extreme right. The argument is that the different ideological inspirations that have shaped the different forms of extreme right, despite of sharing often an irrational and anti-enlightenment ethos, they as well relate to dynamics that shaped the formation of the liberal nation-state. In this perspective, the extreme right should not be seen merely as a cyclical, external threat to the liberal democratic order during times of crisis. Rather, it represents a persistent force that strategically taps into shared societal imaginaries deeply embedded in our societies. By exploiting these contradictions, the extreme right distorts central concepts of Western political thought, filling them with essentialist and reactionary content