PHIL 1410 - Introduction to Early History of Political Philosophy

(crosslisted)
(also CLASS 1665, GOVT 3626) (HB) (KCM-AS)

Fall. 3 credits.

T. Brennan.

A survey of the origins of political theory in the Western tradition. Starting with the Greeks and ending in the Medieval era of Aquinas and Dante, this course introduces students to the central debates and questions that have shaped political theory: questions of political legitimacy, constitutional theory, public discourse and citizenship. This course is designed to be taken before GOV. 1615, a history of Political Theory in the post-medieval era.