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GOVT392
Women in Political Thought
GOVT392 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 10 | 0 | Times: ...T... 7:00PM-9:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
Women's relation to nature, culture and politics in western
political thought. What are women's capacities for freedom,
power, care, and citizenship, and how do women uphold,
subvert or transform the political community? Readings from
classical, renaissance and modern times.
MAJOR READINGS
Hannah Arendt, THE HUMAN CONDITION
Plato and Aristotle, selections
Hanna Pitkin, FORTUNE IS A WOMAN
Niccolo Machiavelli, selections
Mary Shanley & Carol Pateman, eds., FEMINIST INTERPRETATIONS
AND POLITICAL THEORY
John Stuart and Harriet Mill, selections
Simone de Beauvoir, THE SECOND SEX
Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, selections
Carol Gilligan, IN A DIFFERENT VOICE
Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray, selections
Seyla Benhabib & Drucilla Cornell, eds., FEMINISM AS
CRITIQUE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One short paper and class
presentation, based on the reading for class; one term paper
(15 to 20 pages) on a topic of your choosing.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: Lecture Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Schwartz, N
- Times: ...T... 7:00PM- 9:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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