Sophomore Colloquium: Modern Social Theory
CSS 271
Fall 2019
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| Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory |
| Course Cluster: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
This colloquium examines a number of competing conceptual frameworks in the social sciences derived from major political philosophers and social theorists, such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Freud. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Credit/Unsatisfactory |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
T. Hobbes, LEVIATHAN, Broadview Press;
I. Kant, POLITICAL WRITINGS, Cambridge;
J. Locke, SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT, Hackett;
J. Locke, A LETTER CONCERNING TOLERATION, Hackett;
J. Bentham, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL AND LEGISLATION, Prometheus;
Rousseau, FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL WRITINGS, Broadview;
M. Wollstonecraft, VINDICATIONS, Broadview;
K. Marx, THE MARX-ENGELS READER, Norton;
Nietzsche, THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS, Hackett;
E. Durkheim, DIVISION OF LABOR, Free Press;
JS Mill, ON LIBERTY, Hackett
M. Weber, THE VOCATION LECTURES, Hackett
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short (2-3 pages) weekly papers and quizzes; two 5-6 page papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is only open to CSS Sophomores.
Newly admitted majors will be instructed on the enrollment of this course by CSS. |
| Instructor(s): Chakravarti,Sonali Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: PAC422; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 30 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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