POSC 431 - Early American Political Thought

Institution:

St Mary's College of Maryland

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Description:

This course examines, in depth, American political thought from 1 630 to 1 800. It analyzes the major Anglo-European intellectual traditions that shaped the thought of early Americans-classical liberalism and classical republicanism as they emerged from the thinking of early modern Britain and the Enlightenment; and reformed Protestantism in America. It examines how the American revolutionaries drew on these traditions to justify revolution and then explore how they both used and modified the same traditions of thought to create the American republic.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.smcm.edu

Phone Number:

(240) 895-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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