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This course offers a survey of American political thought from the colonial period to the present. We will read Puritan sermons, revolutionary pamphlets, philosophical treatises, presidential orations, slave narratives, prison writings, and other classic texts, in order to understand the ideas and debates that have shaped American politics. Topics to be discussed will include the meaning of freedom, the relationship between natural rights and constitutional authority, the idea of popular sovereignty, theories of representation and state power, race and national identity, problems of inequality, and the place of religion in public life. Lectures will be organized around both historical context and close reading of primary texts.
When Offered Fall.
Distribution Category (HST-AS) (HA-AG) Course Subfield (PT)
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Class Number & Section Details
8942GOVT 2665 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
M
Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Class Number & Section Details
8943GOVT 2665 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
M
Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Class Number & Section Details
10241GOVT 2665 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
W
Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Class Number & Section Details
10243GOVT 2665 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
