Political Science 271 - Modern Pol Thought

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 suggest taking Polisci 171 prior.