Pol Theory of Liberalism

Spring 2019

The Political Theory of Liberalism

Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-211

Faculty

Thomas L. Dumm (Section 01)

Description

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.

Spring semester.  Professor Dumm.

If Overenrolled: Priority given to political science majors. Others admitted to balance by class year and major.

Keywords

Attention to Speaking

Course times and locations

POSC 211 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM OCTA 200
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM OCTA 200

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.

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

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
9780300100181	Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration	Yale University Press	Locke, John		Amherst Books	From $3.94-$27.50
9780553214147	On Liberty and Utilitarianism (Bantam Classics)	Bantam Classics	Mill, John Stuart		Amherst Books	From $3.77-$18.95
9780865970120	The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, vol.1)	Liberty Classics	Adam Smith		Amherst Books	From $9.65-$19.49
9780226098210	Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988 (Paul Carus Lectures)	University of Chicago Press	Stanley Cavell		Amherst Books	From $26.00-$35.24

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