What Is the Good Life?
GOVT 398
Fall 2011
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| Certificates: Civic Engagement, International Relations, Social, Cultural and Critical Theory |
Work, political participation, friendship, art, and justice: These are the components that political philosophers have long thought to be components of a life well lived. How do these practices shape our identity and relationships with others? How do they contribute to a thriving society? How have theorists changed our understandings of these core concepts over time? What happens when they come into conflict? This course will use these five categories to understand what the "good life" means from ancient, modern, and postmodern perspectives. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Effective Citizenship, Ethical Reasoning |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(GOVT)(GOVT-Theory)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
Rousseau, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Marx, ON THE JEWISH QUESTION
Nietzsche, THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA
Arendt, THE HUMAN CONDITION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Four short papers (4-6 pages), midterm exam, class presentation, final paper (10 pages). |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
The course is an upper-level seminar with intensive philosophical reading and writing. It is strongly recommended that you have taken a course in philosophy or political theory (e.g. GOVT 159). |
| Instructor(s): Chakravarti,Sonali Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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