Modern Political Philosophy

In this course. we will study: Machiavelli (Prince, Discourses); Bacon

(Advancement of Learning); Hobbes (Leviathan); Locke (Second Treatise);

Spinoza (Theological-Political Treatise); Montesquieu (Spirit of the Laws);

Rousseau (Social Contract); Burke (Reflections); Kant (Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Perpetual Peace); Hegel (Introduction to Philosophy of History); Marx (Communist Manifesto, German Ideology, Capital); Nietzsche

(Beyond Good and Evil); Heidegger (Question Concerning Technology).

We will examine modernity's rejection of ancient thought, its later replacement of nature by history as the standard for right, and its subsequent rejection of any standard of right. Other topics include religion, freedom ofspeech, and the separation of powers. (PSCI 0101 or PSCI 0107 or PSCI 0317, or PSCI 0333, or waiver) 4.5 hrs. lect./disc. (Political Theory)/