Fall/Winter Timetable

POL430Y1Y L0101

Graduate Course Code: POL2021Y1Y L0101

Comparative Studies in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Thought

Themes

Piety and strife.

Texts

Thucydides’ War of the Athenians and the Peloponnesians; the Book of Judges; Rousseau’s Le Lévite d’Ephraim; commentaries on these.

Format and Requirements

Several essays and a take-home test. Class sessions will run for three hours and will focus on intensive interpretation and discussion of primary texts.

Prerequisites

POL200Y1 or POL200Y5 or (POLC70H3 and POLC71H3)