History of states（國家學） explores the idea of the “State” and how state power has evolved in Eastern and Western traditions. As an interdisciplinary course, it introduces core concepts of political order, legitimacy, sovereignty, state formation, and institutional organization. Rather than treating the state as an abstract idea, the course examines how different states are imagined, created, justified and challenged. Through case studies such as the French Republic and United Nations, students connect theory with historical practice and critically assess competing forms of statehood and political authority. 國家學導論探討「國家」這個概念，以及國家權力如何在不同歷史脈絡中形成和演變。作為一門學術交叉的課程，本課程將介紹政治秩序、權力正當、主權思維、國家形成與制度組織等核心概念。課程在抽象的理論之外將會討論實際的案例，追問不同國家如何被創造、權力如何正當化。透過法國革命，三十年戰爭和聯合國的創建等等不同的案例，學生將在案例中瞭解理論的實踐，并且進一步批判不同國家的形態與政治權威的競爭。

1. the history of Government, Samuel Finer
2) Politiká (Politics), Aristotle
3) Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
4) Coercion, Capital and European states – Charles tilly
5) Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, Immanuel Kant
6) Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
7) The Social Contract (On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right), Rousseau