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POLITICS 212 (TH) WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY |
Prof. Sammy Basu
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COURSE SUMMARY |
This course surveys selected texts in
the pre-modern history of Western political philosophy. Attention is paid to the range of responses
to some of the fundamental moral and practical themes of political
philosophy, such as authority, justice, obligation, liberty, equality, property,
revolution, order, progress, and rights.
Both the themes and the responses are evaluated philosophically and
viewed historically. |
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PLATO (428-348BC) |
ARISTOTLE (384-322BC) |
NICCOLO
MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527) |
THOMAS
HOBBES (1588-1679) |
JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704) |
JEAN-JACQUES
ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) |
JOHN STUART
MILL (1806-1873) |