Pol Theory of Liberalism

Spring 2013

The Political Theory of Liberalism

Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-211

Faculty

Thomas L. Dumm (Section 01)

Description

[PT] [PT - starting with the Class of 2015] This course is a survey of Western liberal political theory from its 17th-century origins through some of its contemporary expressions. Among the thinkers whose works we may read are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Stuart Mill, Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Stanley Cavell, and Judith Sklar.

Limited to 40 students.  Spring semester.  Professor Dumm.

Course times and locations

POSC 211 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM BEBU 107
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM BEBU 107

Textbooks

Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.

ISBN	Title	Publisher	Author(s)	Comment	Book Store	Price
9780140150940	The Portable Emerson (Viking Portable Library)	Penguin Classics	Emerson, Ralph Waldo		Amherst Books	From $4.24-$167.29
9780140431957	By Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Penguin Classics)	Penguin Classics	Thomas Hobbes		Amherst Books	From $4.23-$16.50
0226098214	Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome	Chicago	Stanley Cavell		Amherst Books	TBD
9780300100181	Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration	Yale University Press	Locke, John		Amherst Books	From $3.94-$27.50
0486452913	The Theory of Moral Sentiments	Dover	Adam Smith		Amherst Books	TBD
9780553214147	On Liberty and Utilitarianism (Bantam Classics)	Bantam Classics	Mill, John Stuart		Amherst Books	From $3.77-$18.95

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2021