PSCI 5310
History of Political Thought
Western political thought from classical times to the nineteenth century: may include the study of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and other thinkers.
Undated
Readings
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (Oxford World’s Classics, 2005) Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Oxford World’s Classics, 1998) J.S. Mill, On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Oxford World’s Classics, 2015)
- Immanuel Kant, “An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?” (1784) *Wollstonecraft, The Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), Dedication, Introduction,