PSCI180 - Ancient Political Though

Status

Activity

LEC

Section number integer

Title (text only)

Ancient Political Though

Term

2020C

Syllabus URL

https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webS…

Subject area

PSCI

Section number only

001

Section ID

PSCI180001

Course number integer

180

Registration notes

Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen.
Course Online: Asynchronous Format
Registration also required for Recitation (see below)

Level

undergraduate

Instructors

Jeffrey E. Green

Description

Through reading texts of Plato (Socrates), Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, the student encounters a range of political ideas deeply challenging to--and possibly corrosive of--today's dominant democratic liberalism. Can classical and medieval thinking offer insight into modern impasses in political morality? Is such ancient thinking plausible, useful, or dangerous?

Course number only

180

Fulfills

History & Tradition Sector

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