Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period II

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines political works, both philosophical and literary, by important and/or influential writers from the eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries, in the context of the rise of modern civil society, the expansion of European colonialism, changing gender norms, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic wars. CALENDAR NOTES: EMSP 4001.03 & EMSP 4002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to fulfill the requirements of the EMSP Combined Honours degree. PREREQUISITES: EMSP 4001.03 or permission of the instructor. EXCLUSIONS: EMSP 4000.06 FORMATS: Seminar