IPCP 200 - Political Philosophy

Taught in Prague, Czech Republic. Students will be introduced to major works of political philosophy such as Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Polis, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Students will discuss issues such as political legitimacy in the modern mode, Social Contrast theory, principles of liberalism, critique of the Enlightenment, Marx’s critique of capitalism, Foucault’s critique of power, two models of democracy: representative and participatory, social justice and liberty, democracy and justice: feminist revisions. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits