PSCI0600 - Ancient Political Thought

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
403
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2022C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
403
Section ID
PSCI0600403
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
W 7:00 PM-7:59 PM
Meeting location
PCPE 225
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
CLST1503403, CLST1503403
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No