PHIL 1920

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PHIL 1920
Introduction to Political Theory

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

This course offers a survey of political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of politics and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to respond to them: Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Nietzsche. In each case, we will attend to the particular crises these theorists addressed in their work—such as imperialism, the European wars of religion, the English Civil War, the French Revolution, and industrial capitalism—as well as the broader philosophical and political issues they continue to pose to us now. Our approach will be both historical and conceptual, providing students with an understanding of political theory as a distinctive form of political inquiry.


Distribution Category (HA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

Comments PHIL 1920 can be taken in sequence with PHIL 1410.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16291 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17140 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17141 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17142 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17143 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17144 PHIL 1920   DIS 205

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17145 PHIL 1920   DIS 206

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person