GOVT337 - Virtue and Glory: Classical Political Theory

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Virtue and Glory: Classical Political Theory
GOVT 337 FA

Clusters:

Christian Studies

This course is a survey of pre-modern political theories, with attention to their major theoretical innovations, historical contexts, and contemporary relevance. Major themes will include the nature of political community and its relation to the cultivation of virtue, the origins of the ideas of law and freedom, the relation between knowledge and power and between politics and salvation. Readings will include Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Machiavelli.

MAJOR READINGS

Plato, REPUBLIC
Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS; POLITICS
Bible (selections)
St. Augustine, CITY OF GOD (selections)
Thomas Aquinas, SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS
Lerner & Mahdi, eds., MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Machiavelli, THE PRINCE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

An essay; a quiz; a paper; final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course, together with GOVT338 and GOVT339, provides a survey of major Western political theories, and at least two of these courses are recommended for students concentrating in political theory.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Schwartz,Nancy L.

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC104;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 8

SR. non-major: 3 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: 8 FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006