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Course Criteria
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1.50 Credits
Nichols This course is devoted principally to examining the classical understanding of political rhetoric and the problems and possibilities connected with it. Readings are Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle' s Rhetoric . In thefinal part of the course, some famous speeches from the American political tradition are examined. Offered occasionally.
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1.50 Credits
Blitz, Nichols An examination of the turn from nature to history as the ground of politics, philosophy, and being; and of the significance of this turn for the conduct and understanding of modern politics. Readings in Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, and Heidegger. Offered occasionally.
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1.50 Credits
Staff An examination of the philosophical roots of European fascism, with emphasis on German and Italian thought. The fascist movement is considered as part of the Romantic rebellion against Enlightenment ideologies. The writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Croce, Gentile, and Hitler are studied. Also listed as Philosophy
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1.50 Credits
Nichols and Wright An examination of the classical and contemporary philosophical foundations of political economy - that is, the prescriptive and descriptive study of the interaction between economics and politics. Prerequisites: Government 20 and Economics 50. Also listed as Economics 104. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Kesler, R. Rossum An inquiry into the character of the American regime as intended by the Founders. The method of the course will be the close reading of the writings and speeches of the Founders, supplemented occasionally by secondary accounts and interpretations. Offered every third year.
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1.50 Credits
Kesler Analyzes theories of the nature of the American Republic. Materials covered include the Federal Convention, The Federalist, Tocqueville, and a number of modern works. Offered occasionally.
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1.50 Credits
Kesler This course will examine the emergence in America of revolutionary ideas about law and politics and their embodiment in wholly new forms of government. The course will then consider the implications and contradictions in these ideas and institutions, as revealed in the debates leading up to the Civil War. Offered every third year.
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1.50 Credits
Kesler This course will examine the transformation of the American idea of natural rights and natural law under the influence of Social Darwinism, Progressivism, and Pragmatism, as well as the emergence of modern American liberalism and conservatism in their distinctive modes. The effort throughout will be to understand the significance of these developments for the philosophy, and conduct, of republican government in America. Offered every third year.
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1.50 Credits
Nadon This course will examine the historical conditions and theoretical presuppositions of modern secular society, or how democratic principles came to replace theological claims as the basis for political legitimacy in the Western world. Readings will be drawn from the Bible, Luther, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson, Mirza Abu Talib Khan, Tocqueville, U.S. Supreme Court cases, and contemporary writings concerning modernization and democracy in the Islamic world. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Nichols After a brief consideration of contemporary debates on moralism versus realism in foreign policy, the fundamentally different positions of Aristotle and Machiavelli on the relative status of foreign and of domestic policy are examined. The course concludes with Thucydides, the relation of domestic institutions to foreign policy, and the role of justice in foreign affairs. Offered every other year.
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