POL2000H1F L0101
Core Course: Ancient Political Thought to the Rise of Modernity
Themes
A survey of leading texts in the history of political thought
This course is open to PhD students satisfying core course requirements (others may participate by special permission of the instructor(s).
Texts
Tentative list of texts: Sophocles, Antigone; Plato, Republic; Aristotle, Politics; Augustine, City of God, Machiavelli, Prince; Hobbes, Leviathan; Locke, Second Treatise of Government; Rousseau, Second Discourse and Social Contract; Hegel, Philosophy of Right.
Format and Requirements
Format: seminar (details TBA). Tentative requirements: six short (600 word maximum) response papers; class participation; 15-page term paper.