GOVT 6846

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GOVT 6846
Equality

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This seminar inquires into the interrelations among three meanings of equality that initially appeared in the ancient world: equality before the law, isonomia; equality of voice or participation, isegoria; and equality of power, isokratia. Tacking back and forth between ancient texts and contemporary materials in law and analytic and continental political philosophy, this course will explore how these different practices of equality circulate and interact in popular and institutional (judicial and legislative) settings marked by historical injustice, scarce resources, and asymmetries of wealth and power. This seminar will include texts by Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Rawls, Bernard Williams, Amartya Sen, Danielle Allen, Etienne Balibar, among others, probing the meaning of equality.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4000

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19877 GOVT 6846   SEM 101

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    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19887 GOVT 6846   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies