GOVT 3675

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GOVT 3675
Democracy and its Discontents

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

A historical introduction to democratic theory through the writings of its greatest thinkers and their critics. Beginning with the political thought of democratic Athens and then moving up to the American democratic experiment and contemporary democratic theory, we will explore the promise and peril of democracy considered as a regime, a culture, and an ideology. Authors to be studied may include Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, the Federalists, de Tocqueville, Mill, Dewey, Arendt. and Habermas.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8732 GOVT 3675   LEC 001

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  • 17144 GOVT 3675   DIS 201

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  • 17145 GOVT 3675   DIS 202

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  • 17146 GOVT 3675   DIS 203

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