Tutorium Tutorium zum Seminar The empire of laws and not of men The Republican Tradition in North Atlantic Political Philosophy Prof Dr Zöller

In Professor Zöller’s course on the Republican Tradition in North Atlantic Political Philosophy, some of the major classical and contemporary aspects of the wide-reaching Republican tradition will be surveyed and contextualized. In our tutorial, we will follow that lead by revisiting the historical roots of current debates surrounding Republicanism. Thanks in part to the historical work done by Quentin Skinner, the contemporary Republican debate has recently split into two strands that differ both in their aims and philosophical views. The so-called neo-roman tradition, which Skinner retraces to Rome, is chiefly concerned with the idea of political liberty conceived as non-interference under the rule of law. To be free on this view is to be free from arbitrary power (de facto and de jure). The other tradition, championed by J. A. Pocock a few years earlier, draws upon Aristotle and is concerned with a specific conception of the -good life” as intimately tied to political participation. In our tutorial, we will question to what extent this split can be retraced to the Republican tradition’s historical roots in ancient Greece and Rome. While we will pay special attention to the relevant political systems – the Polis and the Roman Republic respectively -, a close reading of texts by Aristotle and Cicero will allow us to adopt a philosophical rather than a purely historical approach. Accordingly, sessions will be discussion-based, with topics drawn from the weekly readings and the main course. The introductory (19.4) and retrospective (5.7) sessions will allow us to step back and put things into perspective, complementing our otherwise local discussion bases. In the final session (12.7), students taking the main course for credit will get the chance to discuss their term paper abstracts. Though the tutorial is mainly intended for participants of Professor Zöller’s course on Empire of Laws, it is open to any guest auditors willing to commit to weekly readings (appr. 20 pages per week). If you have any questions concerning the tutorial, please contact tutor Konstanty Kuzma (k.kuzma@campus.lmu.de). Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft LMU München SoSe 2016 Kuzma Konstanty