Fall/Winter Timetable
POL484H1S L0201
Graduate Course Code: POL2026H1S L0201
Topics in Political Thought I
French Political Thought II
Themes
This course explores the development of modern political thought in the French context through the development and growing awareness of three key tensions: individualism as a threat to the state and social norms, social norms as a threat to individualism and the state as a potential threat to social norms. Examples of these tensions will be explored through the study of three canonical texts in the tradition.
Texts
Tocqueville. Democracy in America, Foucault. Discipline and Punish, Clastres, Society against the State.
Format and Requirements
TBA
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