Fall/Winter Timetable

POL430Y1Y L0101

Graduate Course Code: POL2021Y1Y L0101

Comparative Studies in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Thought

Themes

Our theme this year will be leadership and its problems in Biblical, classical, and modern perspective.

Texts

Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; Xenophon, Anabasis; Rousseau, Discourse on Political Economy.

Format and Requirements

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

Prerequisites

POL200Y1 or POL200Y5 or (POLC70H3 and POLC71H3)