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1 Syllabus POL Politics, Theory & Government TUTH 11:30-13:00 (NIC 002) Fall 2014 Dr. Don Dombowsky Office Hours: TH 13:30-14:30 (Norton 8) Course Description The 18 th and 19 th centuries witnessed the emergence of various political ideologies that continue to be contested in our own time. In this course, we will analyze a set of politically innovative and influential writings from this extraordinary period in the history of political philosophy that provided the foundational principles of democracy, conservatism, liberalism, feminism, nationalism, socialism, communism and anarchism. Required Texts Michael Bakunin, God and the State (Dover) Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World s Classics) Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation (Hackett) Immanuel Kant, An answer to the question: What is Enlightenment? (Penguin Books) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classic) Claude-Henri Saint-Simon, New Christianity (Online text) John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (Online text) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Hackett) Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover) Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women (Online text) Course Requirements 1. First In-Class Exam on Rousseau and Burke: 25%. October Second In-Class Exam on Kant, Mill, Wollstonecraft and Fichte: 25%. November Four Quizzes: 20%. 4. Take-Home Exam on Saint-Simon, Marx and Engels, Bakunin and Thoreau: 30%. Assigned: November 25. Due Date: December 2. Further instructions TBA. Please submit via or attachment and wait for confirmation of reception. In-class exams will be 1.5 hours in duration. You may expect short answer and essay questions on these exams. Unless it is absolutely urgent, you will not be allowed to leave the classroom during exams. Writing these exams on a date other than specified will be permitted only for verifiable medical reasons (i.e. a note from a physician). Each quiz will consist of 5 short-answer questions on any author(s) covered until the day of the quiz and will be written in the final 25 minutes of class. If you are absent for a quiz you will not be permitted to re-write it unless you have a note from a physician. Extensions on the Take Home Exam will be provided only for a compelling reason and if notification has been given prior to the due date. (Having work due in other courses does not constitute a compelling reason.) Otherwise, with each day late you will be deducted 0.5 marks. SCHEDULE

2 WK I. Sept. 04: Introduction to the Course Contents WK II. Sept. 09: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1755), pp Sept. 11: Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, pp WK III. Sept. 16: Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, pp Sept. 18: Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), pp WK IV. Sept. 23: Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, pp Sept. 25: Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, pp WK V. Sept. 30: Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, pp (First Quiz) Oct. 02: Exam on Rousseau and Burke WK VI. Oct. 07: Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? (1785), pp Oct. 09: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), Ch I WK VII: Oct. 14: Mill, On Liberty, Ch II Oct. 16: Mill, On Liberty, Chs III-IV (Second Quiz) WK. VIII: Oct. 21: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), Chs II-IV Oct. 23: Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Chs IX-XII WK IX: Oct. 28: Johann Gottfried Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation (1808), First Address-Fourth Address, pp Oct. 30: Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation, Fifth Address-Eighth Address, pp (Third Quiz) WK X: Nov. 04: Exam on Kant, Mill, Wollstonecraft and Fichte Nov. 06: Claude-Henri Saint-Simon, New Christianity (1825) WK XI: Nov. 11: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848), pp Nov. 13: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto, pp WK XII: Nov. 18: Mikhail Bakunin, God and The State (1871), pp Nov. 20: Bakunin, God and The State, pp (Fourth Quiz) WK XIII: Nov. 25: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience (1849), pp Take-Home Exam on Saint-Simon, Marx and Engels, Bakunin and Thoreau due December 2. End of Classes

3 Syllabus POL Classical Political Philosophy I TUTH 14:30-16:00 (NIC 213) Fall 2014 Dr. Don Dombowsky Office Hours: TH 13:30-14:30 (Norton 8) ddombows@ubishops.ca Course Description A study of the history of political philosophy through an analysis of the classical theories from Thucydides and Plato to Machiavelli and the humanistic age of the Renaissance. Some of the questions explored will include those concerning justice, the state, citizenship, the best constitution, natural law, just war and colonization. Required Texts Thucydides, On Justice, Power and Human Nature (Hackett) Plato, The Republic (Basic Books) Aristotle, The Politics (Penguin Classics) Cicero, The Republic and The Laws (Oxford World s Classics) St Thomas Aquinas, On Law, Morality, and Politics (Hackett) Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (Penguin Classics) Niccolò Machiavelli, The Discourses (Penguin Classics) Bartolomé De Las Casas, An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies (Hackett) Course Requirements 1. Attendance (starting Sept. 16): 10%. (Please do the reading assignments before coming to class and bring your text.) 2. Mid-term Take-Home Exam: 30%. Assigned: October 14. Due Date: October 23. On this exam you may expect 3 essay questions (with a potential comparative component) each worth 10%. Further instructions TBA. Please submit in class. 3. Two Assignments: 20%. Assigned: September 30. Due Date: October 7 and November 25. Due Date: December 2. Further instructions TBA. 4. Final Take-Home Exam: 40%. Assigned: November 20. Due Date: November 28. On this exam you may expect 4 essay questions (with a potential comparative component) each worth 10%. Further instructions TBA. Please submit via or attachment and wait for confirmation of reception. Extensions on all assignments will be provided only for a compelling reason and if notification has been given prior to the due date. (Having work due in other courses does not constitute a compelling reason.) Otherwise, with each day late you will be deducted 0.5 marks. SCHEDULE

4 WK I. Sept. 04: Introduction: What is Political Philosophy and How May We Characterize Classical Political Philosophy? WK II. Sept. 09: Thucydides, Justice, Power and Human Nature, excerpts from the History of the Peloponnesian War (431 BCE), Chs 2-3 Sept. 11: Justice, Power and Human Nature, excerpts from the History of the Peloponnesian War, Chs 4-6 WK III. Sept. 16: Plato, The Republic (c. 380 BCE), Bk I Sept. 18: The Republic, Bk II WK IV. Sept. 23: The Republic, Bk III Sept. 25: The Republic, Bks IV-V WK V. Sept. 30: The Republic, Bks VIII-IX (First Assignment) Oct. 02: Aristotle, The Politics (350 BCE), Bk I WK VI. Oct. 07: The Politics, Bk. III (First Assignment due) Oct. 09: The Politics, Bk IV WK VII. Oct. 14: The Politics, Bk VIII (Mid-term Take-Home Exam) Oct. 16: Cicero, The Laws (52 BCE) Bk I WK VIII. Oct. 21: The Laws, Bks II-III Oct. 23: St Thomas Aquinas, On Law, Morality, and Politics, excerpts from The Summa Theologica ( ), pp (Mid-term Take-Home Exam due) WK IX. Oct. 28: On Law, Morality, and Politics, excerpts from The Summa Theologica, pp , Oct. 30: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1513), Chs I-VIII WK X. Nov. 04: The Prince, Chs IX-XVII Nov. 06: The Prince, Chs XVIII-XXVI WK XI. Nov. 11: Niccolò Machiavelli,The Discourses (c. 1517), Book I, Introduction-Ch XI Nov. 13: The Discourses, Chs XII-XXIX WK XII. Nov. 18: The Discourses, Chs XXX-XLVII Nov. 20: The Discourses, Chs XLVIII-LX (Final Take-Home Exam) WK XIII. Nov. 25: Bartolomé De Las Casas, An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies (1542), 1-88 (Second Assignment) End of Classes Final Take-Home Exam due November 28. Second Assigment due December 2.

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