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POLT 136 - Understanding Political Community


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 SS

New course added 05.08.08.

This is an introductory course in political theory. It involves a study of classical, and classic, texts of political thought by thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, and John Stuart Mill. Through an examination of their reflections on the nature of political community, it explores the meaning of concepts such as justice, the good life, liberty, toleration, equality, and political obligation. Enrollment limit: 30.
Instructor: S. Misra


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