Fall/Winter Timetable
POL320Y1Y L0101
Modern Political Thought
Themes
This course looks at some of the more influential political theory texts of the 18th and 19th centuries. We focus on competing understandings of key concepts and tensions contained within political thought both leading up to the French Revolution and in its wake. The first term is focused on thinkers who help elucidate debates concerning the meaning of the concepts of “liberty”, “equality” and “fraternity”, as the key triad informing the politics of the French Revolution. During the second term, authors and texts will be divided into those who accept the basic conceptual terrain of post-revolutionary politics and those who develop a more radical contestation of it.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
TBA
Prerequisites
POL200Y1 or POL200Y5 or (POLC70H3, POLC71H3)
Exclusions
POLC73H3 or POLC74H3 or POL320Y5
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