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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2018 |
Registration ID | POLSH171B001 |
Course Title | Introduction to Political Theory: Ideologies and the Struggle to Control Authority |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Political Science |
Instructor | Donahue,Thomas J. |
Times and Days | TTh 02:30pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | HLL7 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2307 An introduction to examining central concepts of political life: freedom, authority, justice, oppression, rights, illegitimacy. Surveys interpretations of those concepts given by ideologies like liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and nationalism. Turns to how modern Western political theory has grappled with the problem of controlling authority. Examines the solutions offered by the social contract tradition, Utilitarianism, and Marxism, as well as challenges to those solutions offered by modernity critics like Nietzsche. Div: I; Social Science (SO) |
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