Revolution and Rationality: Foundations of Political Thought, 1789-1900

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses upon late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century thought (theorists such as Burke, Paine, Tocqueville, Kant, Mill, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche), and investigates human rights, democracy, utilitarianism, individualism, socialism, and the roots of postmodern thought. POLI 2410 is not a formal prerequisite for POLI 2420, although students will find POLI 2410 a very useful introduction to POLI 2420. PREREQUISITES: 1000-level course in Philosophy or Political Science or Kings FYP recommended CROSSLISTED: PHIL 2220.03 EXCLUSIONS: POLI 2400X/Y.06 FORMATS: Lecture