Fall/Winter Timetable
POL484H1F L0201
Graduate Course Code: POL2026H1F L0201
Topics in Political Thought I
French Political Thought I
Themes
This course explores three key concepts (the state, social norms, the individual) in the development of the history of French political through the study of three canonical texts: Bodin’s Six Books of the Republic, Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws and Rousseau’s Confessions
Texts
Bodin On Sovereignty, Montesquieu Spirit of the Laws and Rousseau The Confessions
Format and Requirements
TBA
Prerequisites
POL200Y1 or POL200Y5 or (POLC70H3 & POLC71H3)
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