Introduction to Modern Political Thought

(3,4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

An introduction to the major political theorists from the classical to the modern era who devoted themselves to the task of analyzing the social order. Their theories also provide the foundation for the formation of the modern nation state. Among the theorists examined will be Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Hegel and Marx.