GOVT 1616

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GOVT 1616
Introduction to Political Philosophy

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

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.

When Offered Winter, Summer.

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

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1284 GOVT 1616   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF White Hall 106
    • Jun 21 - Jul 8, 2022

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This 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

  •  1294 GOVT 1616   DIS 201

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    • MTWRF White Hall 104
    • Jun 21 - Jul 8, 2022

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1295 GOVT 1616   DIS 202

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    • MTWRF McGraw Hall 145
    • Jun 21 - Jul 8, 2022

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1296 GOVT 1616   DIS 203

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    • MTWRF White Hall B06
    • Jun 21 - Jul 8, 2022

    • Moon, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person