Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2022C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
402
Section ID
PSCI0600402
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
W 5:15 PM-6:14 PM
Meeting location
BENN 16
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Thomas Owings
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
0600
Cross listings
CLST1503402, CLST1503402
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No