Classes

GOV 2093: Political Theory Field Seminar

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2023
The Political Theory Field Seminar is aimed specifically at Government Department graduate students (both Political Theorists and empirical Political Scientists) in their first two years. The focus of the course is on reading and understanding important recent work that covers the field as a whole. Topics are organized under four main headings: Justice and Equality; Democracy, Representation and the State; Identity, Culture and Politics; and Approaches to the Study of Politics.

GOV 63: Topics and Resources in Political Theory

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2022
Introduces students to some of the central debates in contemporary English-language political theory, including questions of justice, equality and rights, and later turns towards topics reflecting the individual interests of students who enroll. Designed to help students make the transition from being critical readers of political thought to being independent contributors to debate. It is especially useful for students considering an undergraduate thesis in political theory.

GOV 1052: History and Freedom in German Idealism

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2016
The high period of German Idealism (from 1781, the date of the publication of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, to the death of Hegel in 1831) is one of the most revolutionary in the history of philosophy. This course studies the period using the central ideas of history and freedom as its guide, and traces how modern ideas about freedom, the self, and the historical character of knowledge have their origins in Idealist thought.