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POLITICS 305 |
Sammy Basu |
A given course has
objectives and exams that are intended to encourage students to meet those
objectives and measure how well they do so. In this case, the exam is designed to measure comprehension
of the issues surrounding Modernity and familiarity with what makes these first
three authors influential exponents of distinctive ÔismsÕ. Students are likely to do better on the
exam if they have attended classes, dutifully completed the readings, scanned
the online pages linked in the syllabus, and taken the time to reflect on all
three.
REVIEW
for
FINAL EXAM
(30%)
Monday, Dec.
12, from 2-5 pm
Òto demonstrate
your understanding of crucial themes and differences between various modern
political theorists.Ó
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IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) COSMOPOLITANISM |
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) FEMINISM |
GEORG W. F. HEGEL (1770-1831)
COMMUNITARIANISM |
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KARL
MARX (1818-1883) SOCIALISM |
FRIEDRICH
NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) POSTMODERNISM |
Explain Modernity in terms of its
characteristic epoch-making shifts.
Know
the important etymologies and synonyms.
Recognize the content and
significance of images scattered throughout the various online materials.
Identify the following concepts by placing a K W H M or N next to each of the items with which they are most closely associated.
For each of the following
short passages,
identify the author and briefly explain (donÕt just re-state) the significance
of the passage in relation to the authorÕs larger arguments.
Short Essay questions.
Eg. How might a given thinker criticize one
or both of the other two?
Strengths and weaknesses of
each thinker?
Contemporary version of the
ism – have something to say about the relative strengths and weaknesses
of the contemporary followers of each of our thinkers.
How would each of our
thinkers prioritize the 3 values: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, from low
to high. (3)
Low Med High
Kant
Wollstonecraft
Hegel
Marx
Nietzsche
On the basis of their stated priorities (not your
impressions about their actual success in accomplishing what they claim),
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Locate K, W, H, M, N MODERN
VALUES: |
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med |
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Liberty (freedom,
self-determination etc) negative liberty, freedom from x (external obstacle) positive liberty, freedom to do y (internal capacity or external means) be
happy, be rational, be moral etc fulfill
roles, duties |
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Equality (equity, fairness, justice
etc) political equality direct
participation representative
participation functional
representation legal and moral equality equality
before the law due
process under the law right
before the good economic equality equality
of subsistence minimum equality
of opportunity equality
of condition/outcome social equality, status, respect as
subjects as
citizens as
humans |
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Fraternity (solidarity, community etc) human beings are and ought to be socially constituted ethics is culturally specific good
before the right being communal/self-sacrificing is ethical revolution is bad |
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