POL2000H1Y L0101
Core Course: Ancient Political Thought to the Rise of Modernity
Themes
A survey of leading texts in the history of political thought.
Texts
Tentative list of texts: Plato, Republic; Aristotle, Politics; Machiavelli, Prince; Hobbes, Leviathan; Locke, Second; Treatise of Government; Rousseau, Second Discourse, Social Contract; Hegel, Philosophy of Right; Marx, Selections ; Mill, Utilitarianism, Representative Government, On Liberty; and Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Genealogy of Morals
Format and Requirements
One term paper each term. No fewer than five 1-page papers per term (at least one on each thinker) to be made available to peers and professors prior to the seminar. These are graded pass/fail. Term papers 40% + 40%, Class participation 20%.