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3.00 Credits
Socrates and the founding of political philosophy; Thucydides and the crisis of the polis; the critique of Aristophanes; Plato's Apology, Crito, Gorgias, Republis, Theaetetus; subsequent contributions to the tradition by Cicero, Saint Augustine, Alfarabi, Saint Thomas More; Plato's modern enemies: Machiavelli and Mill. Same course as CL380.
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An investigation of the founding of political science by Aristotle devoted to a reading of Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as well as selections from Aristotle's scientific and logical treatises. Subsequent contributions to the tra- dition are also considered, including those of Marsilius of Padua and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle's modern enemies: Hobbes and Marx. Same course as CL381.
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An analysis of major works in political theory from the Italian Renaissance to the French Revolution, including readings from Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Special emphasis on modern concep- tions of human nature, authority, and power, as well as the formative impact of the Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, and Protestant Reformation.
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An examination of current French political philosophy, including the writings of Claude Lefort, Raymond Aron, Pierre Manent, Philippe Beneton, and Chantal Delsol. The course focuses on some of the most pen- etrating students of contemporary liberal democracy.
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An investigation of the ideological origins of the Ameri- can Revolution; principal writings of the founding period including those of Jefferson, John Adams, Hamil- ton, and Madison; Tocqueville's assessment of American democracy; Calhoun, Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, and the Crisis of the House Divided; contemporary currents in American political thought. Counts toward American Studies minor.
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A theoretical and historical examination of the struc- tural advantages and limitations of democratic political systems, incorporating readings from the history of politi- cal philosophy and contemporary political science. Special emphasis on the tension between liberty and equality, the problem of democratic statesmanship, and the relationship between democracy and capitalism. PS386 Marxist Political Thought (3.00 cr.) Origins of Marxist theory in Utopian Socialism and German Idealism; Marx's writings on human nature, historical development, political struggle, and economic relationships; subsequent developments in Marxist theory and practice in the Soviet, Chinese, and Third World contexts.
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Contemporary problems in the relation of polity and economy are explored by way of an intensive re-reading of Marx and several of his most insightful successors. By surveying the contemporary economic landscape through the lens of his work, students will judge how much of Marx is either vital or vitiated today. Same course as PL378.270 Political Science PS388 Socratic Political Philosophy (3.00 cr.) Socrates, the first political philosopher, wrote nothing. We know of his unique life and thought through the writings of others-both friends and enemies. By reading works by Aristophanes, Plato, Xenophon, and Nietzsche, we will seek to understand the Socratic way of life. Examines the famous "Socratic turn"-Socrates' mofrom natural philosophy toward political philosophy and the study of "the human things." Students exam-ine Socrates' quarrels with poets, the Sophists, and the political community itself. Was the Athenian democ- racy right to put Socrates to death Finally, Socrates' relations with his friends and students-how and what did he teach them-is examined.
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Examines the writings of those African-Americans who have reflected most profoundly on the American regime and their place in it, from the time of the nation's found- ing to the present. Authors include Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Shelby Steele. Counts toward American Studies minor.
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Perhaps no development has been so fateful for mod- ern man as the philosophic discovery of History. No longer simply an adjunct of philosophic reasoning, History acquires a new primacy for those thinkers who seek an alternative to Nature or Providence. Exam- ines the emergence of the historical consciousness, beginning with its first appearance in Rousseau and moving through its subsequent elaboration in nine- teenth and twentieth century thinkers (Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger).
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While most courses in political philosophy are concerned with the nature of man (understood to mean the nature of humankind), this course is concerned with the nature of men and women-humankind in its bifurcated state. Students examine the classical treatment of sexual poli- tics (in Plato and Aristophanes); the Bible's handling of the question; as well as modern and contemporary authors who deal with the ever vexed questions of the relation between nature and convention, family and state, public and private, men and women. Counts toward Gender Studies minor.
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