GOVT 1615

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GOVT 1615
Introduction to Political Theory

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

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.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)
Course Subfield (PT)

Comments Although not a prerequisite, GOVT 1615 can be taken in sequence with GOVT 3626.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 1920

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8822 GOVT 1615   LEC 001

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    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  9282 GOVT 1615   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  9283 GOVT 1615   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  9284 GOVT 1615   DIS 204

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    • R White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  •  9285 GOVT 1615   DIS 205

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    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person