Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2022C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
404
Section ID
PSCI0600404
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Meeting location
WILL 843
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
CLST1503404, CLST1503404
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No