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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Remer. A survey of theories of political discourse from the ancient Greeks to late 20th-century democratic theory. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between classical rhetoric and political theory.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Thompson. An analysis of variants of revisionist Marxism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, 20th-century liberalism and conservatism, and the relation of these to contemporary American ideologies.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Thompson. A survey of historical developments leading up to the current social contract revival among North American and European political theorists. Particular attention will be paid to the varieties of contractualism since the ancients and the appropriateness of contract theories for understanding the social, political, and moral relationships in modern commercial societies.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Thompson. An analysis of the development of political theory since the 16th century with emphasis on modern ideologies especially conservatism, liberalism, communism, and fascism. Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Bentham, and Marx are given particular attention.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Thompson. Analyzing contemporary political philosophy, within the context of Kantianism vs. Hegelianism. Attention will be concentrated on political philosophers such as Arendt, Oakeshott, Rawls, Foucault, Lyotard and Derrida. (Same as PHIL 674.)
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course discusses the historical development of the Constitution and associated political ideas, from the founding period up to the present. Thinkers discussed include Paine, Madison, Calhoun, Dewey, and Rawls, among others.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. A survey of major political ideas in Asian thought with attention paid to continuity and discontinuity between classical and modern ideologies and theories of government.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Remer, Prof. Thompson. An examination of the logical structure of practical political thinking (propaganda and ideology) and explanatory political thinking (history, science, and philosophy). The varieties will be exemplified in famous texts, films, and other media.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: Two prior courses in political science, economics, political economy, or approval of instructor. The course will include an introduction to some of the theoretical literature, as well as illustrations of such theories to political problems such as the provision of social order and other collective goods, the management of natural resources, and the formation of organization and social movements.
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4.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: Approval of instructor required for students with no prior experience with the Spanish language. An intensive one-semester introduction to Portuguese with an emphasis on listening and speaking skills designed to quickly prepare students for more advanced study of language, literature, and culture.
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