Virtue and Glory: Classical Political Theory
GOVT 337
Fall 2016
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| Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory |
| Course Cluster: Christianity Studies |
How shall we think about public life, our "life of common involvements"? This course is a survey of premodern political theories, with attention to their major theoretical innovations, historical contexts, and contemporary relevance. Major themes will include the nature of political community and its relation to the cultivation of virtue, the relation of politics to economics, the origin of the ideas of law and justice, the relation between knowledge and power, and between politics and salvation. Readings will include Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Alfarabi, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Machiavelli. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSCT)(GOVT)(GOVT-Theory) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wolin, POLITICS AND VISION, Ch. 1
Plato, REPUBLIC
Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS; POLITICS
BIBLE (selections)
Augustine (selections)
Parens and Macfarland, eds., MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -- Alfarabi, Avicenna, Maimonides
Thomas Aquinas, SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS
Machiavelli, THE PRINCE
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Examinations and Assignments:
An essay, quiz, paper, and final exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course, together with GOVT338 and GOVT339, provides a survey of major Western political theories, and at least two of these courses are recommended for students concentrating in political theory. |
| Instructor(s): Schwartz,Nancy L. Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 7 | FR: X |
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