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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 202 - Contemporary Political Thought (4 Cr.)
This course provides students with the groundwork for engaging with some of the more challenging areas of contemporary political theory. The course begins with Nietzsche’s critique of central claims of modernity about scientific, intellectual and moral progress, as well as the roots of individual identity and agency. This beginning gives access to a series of twentieth century who draw upon Nietzsche’s insights to consider the distinctive character of the political (Arendt); the constitution of power (Foucault); and the nature of sovereignty (Schmitt). The course uses this groundwork as preparation for reading a series of contemporary political theorists including Sheldon Wolin, William Connolly, and Wendy Brown. Prerequisite: .
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