Modern Social and Political Thought: Politics of Recognition

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses on recognition as a guiding theme in nineteenth-century social and political thought. By foregrounding related issues such as social and political visibility, material inequality, and self-consciousness, students will be introduced to the tradition of modern political theory and will also canvas some important early responses to Hegelian, liberal, and Marxist visions of individuals and society. Alongside these theoretical resources, the course also includes literary meditations on religious, colonial, and feminist themes—including contributions by Harriet Jacobs, Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Virginia Woolf and others—and the way these anticipated the transformative and turbulent century to follow. CALENDAR NOTES: CTMP 2001.03 & CTMP 2002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to fulfill the requirements of the CTMP Combined Honours degree. PREREQUISITES: Completion of 24 credit hours of 1st year classes EXCLUSIONS: CTMP 2000.06 FORMATS: Lecture | Tutorial