The course aims to provide students with a critical and contextual understanding of the evolution of political and social thought and its impact on the formation of power systems, institutions, and international relations. Through the study of ideological trends, political doctrines, and social theories, the course enhances students’ analytical capacity to interpret political ideas in their historical, philosophical, and geopolitical dimensions.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

- Identify the main trends in political and social thought from Antiquity to the present day.

- Analyze the influence of political ideas on the formation of states, institutions, and international normative systems.

- Critically assess the connections between ideologies, social movements, and major global historical changes.

- Compare different traditions of political thought across cultural and geographic contexts.

- Apply key concepts from political doctrines to current international relations debates.

- Develop skills for critical reading and textual interpretation of theoretical and doctrinal sources.