Social and Political Theory Minor

The minor in social and political theory exposes students to a series of profound attempts to place social life within a comprehensive theoretical framework. Critiques of such a project are also examined. Texts explore the relationships among culture, political life, personal identity, and collective identity, and illuminate contemporary concerns about freedom, responsibility, justice, legitimacy, individuality, and reason. Thinkers include Sophocles, Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Comte, Kierkegaard, Durkheim, Weber, Freud, Addams, Sartre, Arendt, Foucault, Derrida, and Haraway.