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Academic Year 2000/2001

Theories of Society
HIST 379 FA

This course will examine thinkers generally excluded from histories of economic and political thought. The focus will be on a close textual study of a selected number of social theorists. This is a critical-approach seminar.

MAJOR READINGS

Selections from the following: Vico, Burke, Condorcet, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Saint-Simon, Comte, Proudhon, Pareto, Veblen, Durkheim, Freud, Weber, Fanon.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly notes. One paper, written in 3 drafts.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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