Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course traces the history of Western political thought, in the wider context of the history of philosophy, from early modernity to the early twentieth century. Thinkers discussed may include Aquinas, Ockham, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Rousseau, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger. Prerequisite(s): 60 credit hours or permission of the instructor Preclusion(s): PHIL 305-3