Objectives : Equipe students with a vision of today’s societies with their multiple and interrelated challenges.

Learning outcomes: Reach a holistic, humanistic and historical comprehension of today’s world. Learn and practice a method of social analysis.

Contents: 1. Introduction- a holistic, historic and humanistic approach.

PART I – ORIGINS: Liberalism- Techno-economic (TE) liberalism; socio-political (SP) liberalism; Cultural (C) liberalism; Socialism- TE Socialism; SP Socialism, C Socialism; The Welfare State - TE Welfare State, SP Welfare State, C Welfare State; Global South, Global North.

PART II- CHALLENGES: TE Challenges- Sustainable Development; SP Challenges - The Crisis of Democracy and Human Rights; C Challenges - Multi-cultural and Multi-religious Societies.

Methodology: Professor’s exposition; comments of texts previously read by students; redaction of short essays by students.

Means of evaluation:

a)  Final Survey (30%) A summary of the main learnings that the student has acquired during the course.

b)  Final Report (70%) An essay to comment a text of social philosophy (either historic or present) incorporating the approaches or ideas presented during the course.