The Lisbon Master in Political Philosophy is an advanced postgraduate degree entirely taught in English. Within the Master, you will explore the nature of political phenomena and develop critical capacities to analyse the most pressing controversies in contemporary societies. The programme provides important philosophical knowledge for students to carry out academic research in this discipline at the highest international level. Also, it offers analytic competencies of great relevance for a wide range of careers, including policy-making, public administration, media, diplomacy and beyond.
The Master focuses both on the historical underpinnings of today’s political thought and on the discussions of current issues such as the practice of human rights, the future of liberalism and European integration. In this sense, you will scrutinise the tensions between global and local justices caused by different moral and political spheres. You will also study the anthropological foundations of Man as a political animal, both from the viewpoint of classical notions of human nature and personal identity, as well as from an evolutionary scientific perspective. By focusing on the value of agreement and consent in politics, you will assess the potential and the limits of cooperative institutions. In particular, you will learn about the groundwork of the law and the state, investigating crucial concepts like the individual, person, community and society.
The Nova philosophy department counts among its members a number of experts who conduct top research at Ifilnova, a highly rated philosophy research centre in Portugal that is responsible for numerous international activities. In the Political Philosophy Master, you can join these activities and build your personalised academic path with the steady support of lecturers and researchers.
Contemporary Political Philosophy
European Integration
Evolutionary Ethics and Biopolitics
Global Justice and Local Justice
History of Political Thought
Law and the State
Political Ethics and Identity
The Master of Philosophy/Political Philosophy offers two research grants, to which all students of this master’s degree can apply. The application period of the grants takes place in September 2019 and the grants themselves will start in January 2020.
Opening date: September 2019.
Vacancies: 30
Fees: EU students 1.200,00€/year, International students 2.400,00€/year.
Schedule: Evening.
Length: 3 semesters.
(Normally comprised of 2 semesters of classes and 1 semester of dissertation work).
Total credits: 93 credits.
(60 in course units of the study programme + 33 in the non-taught component).
Types of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work, Practical Work Experience with Report.
Number of credits from free-elective options: 10 credits.
The student can obtain 10 credits from free-elective options in course units taught in English at post-graduate level at FCSH/UNL, or at any other national or foreign higher education institution with bilateral agreement.
Evaluation rules: The final grade of the Master’s degree is expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20. The final grade of the Master’s degree will be the average of the final grade of the taught part of the course, weighted to 40%, and the grade awarded to the dissertation, project work or practical work experience report, weighted to 60%.
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CultureLab | Art of Living & Lisbon Nietzsche Group
ArgLab Research Colloquium | Conceptual Engineering: Under our Control?
Art of Living International Workshop /2
Martín Fleitas, "Kant's Conception of Inner Value"
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Diana Neiva apresenta “O cinema e as experiências mentais filosóficas”
An international workshop
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
ArgLab Research Colloquium | "Discursive depoliticisation: From argumentation to explanation"
CultureLab | Art of Living
CultureLab | Art of Living
Colóquio internacional
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International Colloquium on the encounter between the work of Werner…
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4th Avant Conference 2019
CultureLab | Art of Living
Inês Salgueiro, "From Hume to Kant via Wittgenstein"
ArgLab Research Colloquium | "More than words: Worldmaking and stancetaking…
CultureLab | Lisbon Nietzsche Group
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
CultureLab
Sofia Miguens - "I, Me, Mine - Back to Kant,…
CultureLab | Art of Living
International Conference on Gratuitous Violence & Free Will in a…
Encontros do grupo de estudo sobre Nietzsche
Jeff McMahan - "Future People, Climate Change, and War"
International Conference THE STATUS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Leituras Contemporâneas. Nietzsche na Espanha
André Silva Santos apresenta Moses und Aron (Straub-Huillet, 1975) e…
António Marques, "Kant against the Animals"
Co-organized by Ifilnova | CineLab - Laboratory of Cinema &…
Co-organized by CineLab - Laboratory of Cinema & Philosophy, EPLab…
Art of Living International Workshop/1
Olivier Chassaing, "The Expressive Function of Punishment"
Nuria Sánchez Madrid, "Linhas de fuga da comunidade estética e…
Nuria Sánchez Madrid, "Oeuvre de l'Art et Oeuvre d'Art"
Per Algander, "Needing and Necessity"
Regina Queiroz, "European Liberalisms: An Essay in Comparative Political Thought"
Culturelab Workshop 3/2019
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Lisbon Mind & Reasoning RIP Seminar | Why Immersion is…
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Carlotta Santini, "Nihilism and Mithology The Case of Nietzsche"
ArgLab Research Colloquium | "Competing narratives for change"
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Roberto Merrill, "Ethically justifiable? Free riding versus fair shares"
Dina Mendonça, "Kant on the Moral Cultivation of Feelings"
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Sérgio Dias Branco apresenta “Os Lugares da Esperança”
Theory and Practice of global governance: topical issues
Diego Hoefel apresenta "Reinvenções Dramatúrgicas do Melodrama no Cinema Contemporâneo:…
Culturelab Workshop 2/2019
Luís Miguel Simões, "The Double Mouvement in Polanyi and Hayek:…
CultureLab | Ars Vivendi
ArgLab Research Colloquium | "Why replication is your problem, too"
Lisbon Mind & Reasoning RIP Seminar | Postponed
Jorge Gonçalves, "A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value"
with Jean-Gabriel Périot and Alain Brossat
with Albert Serra and Alexander Garcia Düttmann
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Aula/Palestra do prof. Ernani Chaves (Univ. Federal do Pará)
Giovanni Damele, "On the Rationality of Democratic Choice"
ArgLab Research Colloquium | "Multidimensional ‘better than’"
CultureLab | Arte, Crítica e Experiência Estética
Erich Rast, "How to accept the transitivity of better than"
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Wagner Teles de Oliveira
Nuno Venturinha's Description of Situations
CultureLab | Questões de Subjectividade: Filosofia e Literatura
CineLab | IFILNOVA - FCSH / PhD Research Project of…
CultureLab | Lisbon Nietzsche Group
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Santoni de Sio
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