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4.00 Credits
Classic statements of political values from Hobbes to the present: classical liberalism, conservatism, radical democracy, liberal democracy, socialism, pluralism, Marxism, fascism, neoconservatism. Emphasis on underlying views of human nature and history. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
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Juxtaposes and compares two of the most powerful and penetrating intellects of the nineteenth century. Lectures deal primarily with biographical material and historical setting. Reading and discussions emphasize systematic comparison of their respective views of human nature, history, social discontents, and the future of Western societies.
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4.00 Credits
The social, economic, and political philosophy of Nietzsche. Nietzsche's seminal ideas about knowledge and language and how these ideas have influenced contemporary thinking concerning these subjects. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Acquaints students with current political theories, critical of conventional thinking, which attempt to join political, economic, social, historical, linguistic, and philosophical concerns to questions involving the relationships between and among individuals, groups, and institutions in the society, economy, and polity. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same as Sociology 126.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of current proposals for alternative mass media systems, political systems, and economic systems. Focus is on proposals aimed at increased citizen participation and control, and at more equal distribution of wealth. Prerequisite for 132B: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Encourages students to think creatively and analytically about politics by applying mathematical techniques as a means to increase understanding. Introduces the use of both static and dynamic mathematical models on such political topics as elections, revolution, and arms races.
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4.00 Credits
A modern approach to democratic theory including social choice and empirical democratic theory. Addresses issues such as how institutions can be democratic, how minorities can be protected, how rights can be balanced against obligations, and how democracy can promote deliberation.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on a different aspect of modern political theory each quarter.
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4.00 Credits
Focus is on recent major work in social and political theory. An in-depth analysis of a relatively small body of writing. Authors discussed include Jurgen Habermas, Anthony Giddens, and Richard Rorty.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar to study a theory of how reality/ meaning/knowledge is created in language as a consequence of structures of power. Prerequisite: upper-division standing and consent of instructor. Strongly recommended: 3.5 GPA and/or background in modern language analysis.
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