PHIL 1920

PHIL 1920

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

This course introduces students to political theory as a distinctive mode of political inquiry. By surveying the wide range of forms through which political theory has been practiced—such as treatises, dialogues, plays, aphorisms, novels, manifestos, letters, speeches, illustrations, and films—we explore the ways in which political theory reflects upon, criticizes, and reshapes the basic concepts, habits of perception, and modes of feeling through which people make sense of the political world, from big events like wars and revolutions to everyday experiences of felt injustice or alienation. Our approach will be both historical and conceptual, attending to the force of each theoretical intervention in its context, while also drawing out the broader philosophical and political questions it continues to pose to us now.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS, SSC-AS)
Course Attribute (EC-LASP)

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

  •  5940 PHIL 1920   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5980 PHIL 1920   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5981 PHIL 1920   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5982 PHIL 1920   DIS 203

    • W Sibley Hall 115
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5983 PHIL 1920   DIS 204

    • W Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19929 PHIL 1920   DIS 205

    • W Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19930 PHIL 1920   DIS 206

    • W McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person