Exploration of diverse understandings of the concepts of justice, freedom and equality. Attention is paid to the historical context within which a political theory is written. 241 Modern Political Theory Stettner Study of the development of Western political theory from the 17th to 19th centuries. Among the theorists read are Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Mill, Hegel and Marx. Exploration of diverse understandings of the concepts of justice, freedom and equality.
Attention is paid to the historical context within which a political theory is written.
Attention will be paid to theoretically grounded approaches to political inquiry, including functionalism, structuralism, and post-modernist theory. Attention paid to historical context and to importance for modern political analysis. POL4 342S Seminar. Study of the fundamental concepts of Marxist theory, including alienation, the materialist conception of history, class formation and class struggle. Particular attention will be paid to Marx's theory of politics.