GOVT 1615

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GOVT 1615
Introduction to Political Theory

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

This course offers a survey of political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of politics and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to respond to them: Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Nietzsche. In each case, we will attend to the particular crises these theorists addressed in their work—such as imperialism, the European wars of religion, the English Civil War, the French Revolution, and industrial capitalism—as well as the broader philosophical and political issues they continue to pose to us now. Our approach will be both historical and conceptual, providing students with an understanding of political theory as a distinctive form of political inquiry.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)
Course Subfield (PT)

Comments Although not a prerequisite, GOVT 1615 can be taken in sequence with GOVT 3626.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Summer Special Session 2.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 1920

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1134 GOVT 1615   LEC 001

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    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2019

    • Moon, A

    • MTWRF Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2019

    • Moon, A

  • This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=654

  •  1135 GOVT 1615   DIS 201

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  •  1136 GOVT 1615   DIS 202

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    • MTWRF McGraw Hall 145
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2019

    • Moon, A

    • TR McGraw Hall 145
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2019

    • Moon, A