Fall 2021  |  POL 3252W Section 001: Revolution, Democracy, and Empire: Modern Political Thought (22845)

Instructor(s)
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
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 235
Enrollment Status:
Open (55 of 58 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, Europe and its colonies were wracked by large scale, sweeping changes: from the violent emergence of the sovereign state, to intense religious conflict, to geographic expansions at once transformative and brutal in search of new economic markets. These changes posed extraordinary challenges to usual ways of conceiving of political order and governance. Our course this semester will read these changes through three key concepts - revolution, democracy, and empire. Class discussion will seek to understand different meanings of these concepts, their political stakes, and ways of knowing how to move between political ideals and historical examples. Students will read a range of materials - from primary historical sources, to philosophic texts, political pamphlets and treatises, and travel journals - so as to study the effects on both the European context and beyond. prereq: Suggested prerequisite 1201
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?luxon+POL3252W+Fall2021
Class Description:
(Formerly POL 3252 Early Modern Political Thought. Students who previously enrolled in POL 3252 may not re-enroll in this course.) From the 16th through the 19th centuries, Europe and its colonies were wracked by large scale, sweeping changes: from the violent emergence of the sovereign state, to intense religious conflict, to transformative expansions into new economic markets. These changes posed extraordinary challenges to usual methods of conceiving of political order and governance. Our course this semester will read these changes through three key concepts: revolution, democracy, and empire. We will read primary historical sources, political pamphlets and treatises, and travel journals so as to study the effects on both the European context and beyond.
Grading:
45% Reports/Papers
40% Reflection Papers
15% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Across the semester, students will also participate in "pop" in-class writing exercises.
Exam Format:
Take-home final examination.
Class Format:
70% Lecture
30% Discussion
Workload:
50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 2 papers are 5-7 page "analytic" papers; 4 papers are 2 page "micro" papers
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22845/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2013

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