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A survey of the theorists who formed the tradition of Western political thought, utilizing representative selections from their works. Thinkers include Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Political Theory.
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The history of modern political thought based on selected readings from the authors themselves. Thinkers include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche. Political Theory.
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In this course, we will study how films have portrayed, opposed, and even shaped American political institutions and culture. We will examine how films can capture political beliefs or criticize existing policies. Such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, High Noon, The Exorcist, I Robot, and various others from a broad spectrum of genres will be used to explore how politics is reflected in or condemned by popular media. The course will touch on various political topics, including campaigns and elections, political machines, conspiracy, political institutions and offices, and idealistic approaches to politics. Grading for the course will include discussion, several short writing assignments, and a final exam.
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Aims to acquaint students with the basic themes of Christian political thought. Locating the headwaters in Biblical Judaism and in New Testament other-worldliness, traces the two dominant, and conflicting streams of Christian political understanding: one from Augustine to the Protestant Reformers to Niebuhr, the other from Aquinas to Maritain and Simon. Political Theory.
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Examines the major events and personalities of this turbulent decade which continues to affect American politics and institutions to this day. Particular attention to the civil rights movement, the rise of the New Left and the New Right, the deaths of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and the Vietnam War. American Politics.
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An examination of how the Cold War influenced United States foreign policy, domestic politics, literature, and film from 1945-1991. Particular attention to key Cold War figures, including Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan. American Government.
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Analyzes the rise and fall of the USSR, 1917-1991, and surveys post-Soviet developments in the Russian Federation. World Politics.
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A comparative analysis of recent developments in Poland, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine, including their respective exits from communism, post-communist political and economic institutions, and post-Cold War relations with West Europe, the USA, and the world
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