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  • PL 290: Aesthetics and Dance

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course approaches issues of aesthetic theory in terms of dance and human performance. Using some of the pivotal texts that have advanced aesthetic understanding through time, students draw dance into the ongoing dialogue of the arts and their cultural significance, investigating the experience of art, the making of meaning, aesthetic perception, and the curse of beauty. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 12. [W2] C. Dilley.
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  • PL 304: The Problem of Evil

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    The presence of profound suffering and appalling injustice in the world raises some of the deepest questions that religions seek to address. Can the evils we see around us be reconciled with the classical affirmation that the world is created by a just and all-powerful God This seminar considers the problem of evil as it arises in the theological and philosophical traditions of the West. Readings include Genesis and Job, Holocaust literature and Jewish theological responses, and contemporary writings in philosophy of religion and theology. Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy or religious studies. Not open to students who have received credit for Religious Studies 304. Enrollment limited to 15. T. Tracy.
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  • PL 316: Nietzsche and Religious Imagination

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This seminar develops a comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche's religious thought and its influences. The course centers on Nietzsche's critique of Christian morality in the mature writings. Part one involves a close reading of On the Genealogy of Morality and The Antichrist. Part two examines the themes of critique and tradition, religion and imagination, and the limits of morality. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or religious studies. Recommended background: Religious Studies 243. Not open to students who have received credit for Philosophy/Religious Studies 315. Not open to students who have received credit for PL/RE 315. Enrollment limited to 15. Staff.
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  • PLTC 114: Constitutional Interpretation

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course examines processes by which the United States Constitution is interpreted and applied by justices, public officials, and citizens. What is the constitution that is to be interpreted and what does it do for the polity Who may legitimately interpret it How is interpretation accomplished and justified Students read, discuss, and critically analyze constitutional interpretations by judges in written legal opinions and by others outside of courts. Special attention is given to legal disputes involving the powers of national political institutions and to interactions between legal interpretation and politics. Enrollment limited to 40. Normally offered every year. L. Kawar.
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  • PLTC 115: American Political Institutions and Processes

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An introductory description and analysis of American governmental and political institutions and processes, with particular focus upon the conditions and strategies for political decision making. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 115. Enrollment limited to 40 per section. Normally offered every year. J. Baughman.
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  • PLTC 121: Moral Questions and Political Choice

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    The world is growing smaller, and life in a global context involves making decisions about controversial political questions. On what basis do we make these decisions What is the right way to think about questions of poverty, violence, women's roles, or human rights, and how do we know This course explores the moral questions embedded in discussions of political change. Students read a diverse range of theoretical, historical, and fictional materials to think about questions of human nature, proper human interactions, justice, freedom, responsibility, and potentiality. The objective is to better understand the moral and political questions involved in citizenship in a global world. Not open to students who have received credit for First-Year Seminars 330 or Political Science 121. Enrollment limited to 40. A. MacLeod.
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  • PLTC 122: Government and Politics in Global Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Citizens of the United States tend to be relatively ill-informed about and even uninterested in politics in other countries. As a result, many of us misinterpret events in other countries and fail to adequately evaluate our own political system and way of life. This course offers concepts and theories to analyze politics throughout the globe. It covers the party and interest group systems of West European countries, Islam and the possibility for democracy in the Middle East, processes of democratization in Latin America, and efforts at "consensus" politics and development in South and East Asia. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 122. Enrollment limited to 40 per section. Normally offered every year. C. Pérez-Armendáriz.
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  • PLTC 125: States and Markets

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Given the current debate over globalization, questions about the relationship between states and markets-domestic and global-have become increasingly contested. With that in mind, the course examines how the relationship between states and markets has changed over the past two centuries, exploring such questions as: What is a state What is a market How do markets constrain the state To what extent can the state rein in market forces How has the relationship between states and markets changed over time Do states differ in their ability to influence markets Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 125. Enrollment limited to 40. Normally offered every year. á. ásgeirsdótti
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  • PLTC 155: Women,Power,and Political Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course examines women's status, roles, and activities in a variety of political systems and studies the impact of women's participation on political life and public policy. Does sex make a difference in politics Does women's participation affect gender power relations This introduction uses the lenses of various fields-voter behavior, constitutional law, comparative politics, and international relations-to examine women as political actors and to consider how notions of gender difference affect women's access to and exercise of power in public decision making and government. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 155. Enrollment limited to 40 per section. L. Hill.
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  • PLTC 160: Politics of the Muslim World

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course explores the impact of historical memory with colonialism, class and ethnic conflict, economic and social change, international relations/globalization, religious revivalism, and women's changing status on politics in countries with Muslim majority populations, an area of the world that extends from the Atlantic coast of North Africa and across northern Africa, through west and south Asia to the islands of Indonesia in the Indian/Pacific oceans. Enrollment limited to 40. E. Hooglund.
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