Political Science 271 - Modern Pol Thought

Spring
2021
01
3.00
Roberto Alejandro
TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
80850
Fully Remote Class
ralejand@polsci.umass.edu
Reading of selected political theorists from 16th to 19th centuries: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Marx, and Nietzsche. Emphasis on the nature of the political world and the forms of understanding and activity appropriate to it.
Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only. Strongly recommended that students have taken POLISCI 171, or POLISCI 273, or POLISCI 203 or POLISCI 270 prior.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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