GOVT 1616

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GOVT 1616
Introduction to Political Philosophy

Course information provided by the 2022-2023 Catalog.

This course offers a survey of Western political Philosophy. We will be reading and discussing the spectrum of great canonical theorists that include Plato, Aristotle, Christ, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill, Burke, Marx, Fanon, Malcolm X and M. L. King. Our approach will be both historical and conceptual, as we explore the nature of justice, freedom and equality—their presence and absence--in the Western Tradition.


Distribution Category (HA-AS)

When Offered Winter, Summer.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

Course Subfield (PT)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - Second.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1297 GOVT 1616   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 20 - Jul 7, 2023

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    This Online Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=3388

  •  1298 GOVT 1616   DIS 201

  •  
    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Jun 20 - Jul 7, 2023

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    This Online Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=3388