GOVT392

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GOVT392

Women in Political Thought GOVT392 SP

Not Currently Offered

This course analyzes 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 are included.

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

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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