Spring 2025 Political Science BC3117 section 001

COLL: AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

COLL: AMERICAN POL THOUGH

Call Number 00791
Day & Time
Location
T 4:10pm-6:00pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Jonathan J Keller
Type COLLOQUIA
Course Description

This course is a study of the development of American political ideas, through critical analysis of the writings of intellectuals and political leaders from the American Founding to the present. As our central theme, we will focus on the traditions of American Political Thought (APT) as simultaneously theorizing freedom and liberty on the one hand, and intense, often violent forms of domination on the other, especially domination on the basis of race. Consequently, we will devote time to both classic readings in APT (the Founders, Tocqueville, Lincoln, etc.) and to multiple strands of US political thinking that challenge the dominant narratives of APT. In analyzing the competing traditions of equality and inequality in theory, we will also explore the connections between this theory and practices of equality and inequality.

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Department Political Science @Barnard
Enrollment 4 students (12 max) as of 9:06PM Friday, December 6, 2024
Subject Political Science
Number BC3117
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note ENROLLMENT BY DEPARTMENT APPLICATION ONLY
Section key 20251POLS3117X001