Special Topics in Political Theory: Power, Freedom, and Democracy

Semester
Spring 2025
Instructor(s)
Units
4
Section
1
Number
116
CCN
23704
Times
MWF 11am-12pm
Location
NGAT105
Course Description

This course explores ideas of individual ethics and political community, the ethics of political rule, freedom and slavery, popular sovereignty and democracy, and equality and inequality in political thought.  Readings will be drawn from both canonical and contemporary authors, including Sophocles, Douglass, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville.  This course provides a broad overview of political theory, emphasizing both thematic and historical approaches.

 

PS116 is a TEMPORARY course number. This course will be renumbered to PS116P prior to the first day of classes.