COMPARATIVE POLITICS: AREAS 64 - Modern Political Thought

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Dartmouth College

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Not offered in 2008-2009; may be offered in 2009-2010 This course complements Government 63, presenting the major themes in Western political philosophy from the Reformation to the twentieth century. The natural right tradition, which has served as the basis of liberal democracy, will be examined at its origin (Hobbes' Leviathan) along with Rousseau's revision and criticism of classical liberalism (First and Second Discourses, Social Contract). Then the historicist tradition-the major alternative which has dominated European thought since the French Revolution-will be studied first in Hegel's Philosophy of Right, then in Marx's transformation of the Hegelian dialectic (Critique of Hegelian Philosophy of Right, 1844 M.S.S., and German Ideology). As in Government 63, lecture-discussions will focus closely on the texts of the four philosophers being studied while relating them to the development of modern political thought and contemporary social scieWhile Government 63 and 64 form a sequence, either may be taken separately. Dist: TMV. Swaine, Turner.

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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