ClassInfo - Spring 2019 Political Science Classes

Spring 2019 | POL 3252W Section 001: Revolution, Democracy, and Empire: Modern Political Thought (55178)

Instructor(s): Joshua Anderson
Samarjit Ghosh (TA)
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019

Wed 06:20PM - 08:50PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 235
Enrollment Status:: Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Spring 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Thinkers, discourses, events that craft understanding of revolution, democracy, empire. Emergence of democracy/democratic institutions alongside problems of religious zealotry, political hierarchy/exclusion, market economies, cultural marginalization. prereq: Suggested prerequisite 1201
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?POL3252W+Spring2019
Class Description:: Modernity (roughly 1500-1900) marked a break from classical forms of thought in Europe. Spurred by the Scientific Revolution and the discovery of the New World, thinkers during this period changed how they understood human nature and human difference, how they understood politics and power, and the hopes they put in reason for politics. Various attempts have been made to define the time since that period as "postmodern", but the modern era leaves behind political structures and modes of thinking that remain with us to this day. This history and these ideas make us "modern."
Grading:: 50% Reports/Papers
30% Reflection Papers
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:: Take-home final examination.
Class Format:: 40% Lecture
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
Workload:: 75 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55178/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 27 November 2017

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