Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2099: The Politics of Social Justice

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	5
Credits	15	ECTS Value	7.5
Term(s) and duration	This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Dr Sarah Lucas (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

This module will cover radical themes in critical theory and in political action. We will look at topics like Marxism, feminism, critical race theory, queer theory, technology and environmentalism. We will engage with several important authors in the critical tradition, including Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, and Frantz Fanon as well as more contemporary critical theorists like Charles Mills, Audre Lorde, and Donna Haraway. Our guiding questions will be: What makes an approach to social justice radical? What is ‘progressive’ about progressive politics? What differentiates critical theory from normative political theory? What are the connections between radical political theory and political change?

Module created	22/06/2017	Last revised	28/02/2022