POLT 254 - American Political Theory from the Foundings to the Progressive Era

FC SSCI

4 credits
American political thought often starts with America’s two foundings ”Puritan and Federalist ’ and proceeds to think about American politics from the perspective of (former) Europeans. We will follow this line of thinking from the foundings to the Progressive Era. However, we will also disrupt this official narrative by turning to Indigenous peoples? contributions, provocations, and struggles. In doing so, we?ll ask, echoing Aziz Rana?s book, whether there are ‘two faces of American freedom.’