Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-480
Formerly listed as: POSC-43 | POSC-80
Thomas L. Dumm (Section 01)
A consideration of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Western political theory. Topics to be considered include the fate of modernity, identity and difference, power, representation, freedom, and the state. This year’s readings may include works by the following authors: Freud, Weber, Benjamin, Heidegger, Arendt, Derrida, Foucault, Berlin, Butler, Connolly, and Agamben.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Dumm.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Writings | Harper Perennial Modern Thought, 2008 | Martin Heidegger | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Human Condition | University of Chicago Press, 1998. | Hannah Arendt | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Society Must be Defended | Penguin, 2003 | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Security, Territory, Population | Penguin, 2009 | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Specters of Marx | Routledge, 2006 | Jacques Derrida | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Thousand Plateaus : Capitalism and Schizophrenia | Rutgers University Press | Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Anti-Oedipus : Capitalism and Schizophrenia | Phyllis Fogelman Books | Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.