The course will cover key texts and themes in the history of European political thought from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries, including works by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Weber. Emphasis will be placed on the origin and development of ideas that remain central to contemporary Western understandings of politics, such as individual rights, representation, toleration, consent, historical progress, and the fact-value distinction. Format: lecture/discussion. Requirements: two 5-page papers and one 8-page paper. No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 39 (expected: 25). Preference given to Political Science majors. Political Theory Subfield

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