Gender in Political Thought
GOVT 392
Spring 2008 not offered
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What is the relation of gender to politics? Is politics a sphere of power, authority, and action that inevitably privileges certain men? Or is it the sphere of freedom? Feminist theory questions women's relative exclusion from politics and recently has problematized the concept of gender. Is participation in politics predicated on certain gender identities? Do different experiences of gender lead to different conceptions of justice? We will read classical and contemporary theorists on the embodiment of desire, on the emotions, and public reason; on conflict, coalitions, and leadership in forming justice. |
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Essential Capabilities:
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| 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: (GOVT)(GOVT-Theory) |
Major Readings:
Crick, IN DEFENSE OF POLITICS
J.S. Mill, THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN
Beauvoir, THE SECOND SEX
Dinerstein, MERMAID AND MINOTAUR
Butler, GENDER TROUBLE
Plato, SYMPOSIUM, REPUBLIC (parts)
Machiavelli, PRINCE, DISCOURSES (parts)
Squires, GENDER IN POLITICAL THEORY
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class presentation and short paper; midterm paper (5-7 pp.); term paper (10-15 pp.) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Some background in social and political theory -- from GOVT, PHIL., CSS, COL, HIST., RELI., or SOC. -- is helpful. |
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