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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | POLSH287B001 |
Course Title | The Politics of Freedom |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Political Science |
Instructor | Hofmann,Benjamin |
Times and Days | MTh 11:10am-12:30pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 3027 We cover a number of seminal debates in political theory by way of analyzing the relationship between freedom and politics. We will encounter thinkers who believe in the liberating potential of politics as well as those who hold that politics and freedom are continually at odds. The first half of the course addresses questions including: What is freedom? What is slavery? What is the relationship between freedom and other values, such as equality and democracy? Should we make laws to protect it or, conversely, protect it from the law? We then enter a number of current and historical debates that implicate these questions about: mass incarceration; free speech on and off campus; immigration; homelessness; and the structure of the family. Readings include: Hannah Arendt, Frederick Douglass, Angela Davis, John Locke, Friedrich von Hayek, Rosa Luxemburg, Danielle Allen, Philip Pettit, Tommie Shelby, and George Orwell. Div: I; Social Science (Hav: SO) |
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