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Summer (2014) POL320Y1Y Modern Political Thought - University of Toronto, St. George

Themes: This course focuses on a number of central texts from the 18th and 19th century, all of which have had an enduring influence on the history of political thought. By working through these canonical texts, students will be introduced to a number of perspectives in the Enlightenment tradition of political theory while also canvassing some of the important critical responses to Enlightenment thought. Topics the course will address include the grounds of political legitimacy, the significance of freedom and equality, the nature of autonomy, as well as the place of justice and morality in political life.

Texts: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Basic Political Writings, Hackett; Immanuel Kant, Political Writings, Cambridge; G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right, Cambridge; Karl Marx, The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Tucker, Norton; John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Penguin; Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, Kaufmann translation, Vintage; other texts TBA.

Format and Requirements: Attendance and participation, two tests, term paper, final exam.

A provisional syllabus is available here.

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2011 (Summer) POL323H1F - Might and Right Among Nations: Perspectives on Global Justice

University of Toronto, St. George

Themes:An exploration of the normative turn in international political theory. What duties do states, and their members, have beyond their borders? Are obligations of justice global in scope? Or, alternatively, are they constrained by national borders? What is the moral standing of states? In this course we will discuss liberal, republican and discursive democratic perspectives on issues of global justice. Major thinkers include: Kant, Rawls, Habermas, Pettit, and Benhabib, among others.

A syllabus is available here.

2012 (Summer) POL320Y1Y - Modern Political Thought

University of Toronto, St. George

Themes:This course focuses on a number of central texts from the 18th and 19th century, all of which have had an enduring influence on the history of political thought. By working through these canonical texts, students will be introduced to a number of perspectives in the Enlightenment tradition of political theory while also canvassing some of the important critical responses to Enlightenment thought. Topics the course will address include the grounds of political legitimacy, the significance of freedom and equality, the nature of autonomy, as well as the place of justice and morality in political life.

A syllabus is available here.

2013 (Summer) POL320Y1Y - Modern Political Thought

University of Toronto, St. George

Themes:This course focuses on a number of central texts from the 18th and 19th century, all of which have had an enduring influence on the history of political thought. By working through these canonical texts, students will be introduced to a number of perspectives in the Enlightenment tradition of political theory while also canvassing some of the important critical responses to Enlightenment thought. Topics the course will address include the grounds of political legitimacy, the significance of freedom and equality, the nature of autonomy, as well as the place of justice and morality in political life.

A syllabus is available here.

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