The Moral Basis of Politics
GOVT 159
Fall 2021
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01
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
An introduction to upper-level courses in political theory, this course offers an introductory survey of political theory from ancient Athens to 20th-century North America, Asia, and Europe. We will read, discuss, and write about works authored by a number of seminal political thinkers. In doing so, we will encounter and evaluate diverse answers to some of the central questions in the analysis of politics: What is politics and where does it take place? What does it mean to exercise political rule? What is justice? How are political societies legitimately founded? What is the place of revolution in politics? What is power and how does it operate in political life? How is democracy intertwined with struggles against social oppression? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(CSCT)(EDST)(GOVT)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Plato, REPUBLIC
Aristotle, POLITICS
Niccolo Machiavelli, THE PRINCE
Thomas Hobbes, LEVIATHAN
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ON THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Karl Marx, CAPITAL
Frederick Douglass, MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM
Hariett Taylor Mill, ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMEN
Nancy Fraser, BEYOND MARX'S HIDDEN ABODE
Michel Foucault, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH
Partha Chatterjee, THE POLITICS OF THE GOVERNED
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Examinations and Assignments:
Several essays; short response papers; reading quizzes |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Ramesh,Hari Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 9 | FR: 10 |
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