PSCI182 - CONTEMPORARY POL.THOUGHT

This course surveys some of the most influential and important contributions to political thought since 1900. We will study the work of such figures as Weber, Arendt, Schmitt, Dewey, Berlin, Habermas, Rawls, Foucault, and Derrida. Topics include the nature of the political and its difference from economics; a critical appraisal of liberal democracy, the reigning contemporary political ideal; and the problem of emergency powers, especially in light of the post-9/11 politics of security.