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Dec 26, 2024
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Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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PSC 200 - Classical Political Thought (4 Cr.)
This course introduces the political thought of Ancient Greek and Medieval thinkers whose work forms a tradition whose aftermath we inhabit, even as they reflect and speak to a world that is in many ways radically different from our own. Through sustained readings of works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Herodotus and Plato the course considers themes of authority and equality, tyranny and democracy, knowledge and critique. The transformation of classical themes by Christianity is approached by a study of Augustine and the course finishes with readings by Christine de Pisan and Marsilius of Padua reflecting on the medieval political order. Prerequisite: .
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