The first objective of this class is to encourage
students to read and debate in English on topics and notions relevant to political sociology, specifically in the English-speaking world - understood widely as not only comprising Great Britain
and North America but also the Indian peninsula, the West Indies and English-speaking
Africa. The idea is also to take this
opportunity to study in greater depth than usual (or maybe even discover)
authors and intellectual traditions within a critical approach. We will also reflect on the conditions of the international
circulation of texts, authors and notions, as well as the effects of the import - or lack of import- of these ideas: first on the French intellectual and
political fields, and second on the concepts and ideas themselves. Last but not
least, it will also be a chance, when relevant, to help students in the
preparation of their final exam ("Grand O").