ClassInfo - Spring 2023 Political Science Classes

Spring 2023 | POL 3210 Section 001: Topics in Political Theory -- Revolution (68042)

Instructor(s): https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/davar008" target="lookup">Arash Davari
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:: 18 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Blegen Hall 317
Enrollment Status:: Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2024
Spring 2023

Course Catalog Description:: Topics courses provide students with the opportunity to study key concepts, thinkers, and themes in Political Theory not normally covered in the standard slate of course offerings. The specific content of these courses varies considerably from year to year. See the current class schedule for details.
Class Notes:: Revolutions are commonly viewed as the start of something entirely new. When, where, and how did this idea emerge? How has it traveled across history? How does it relate to contemporary revolutionary politics? This class examines different concepts of revolution in the humanistic social sciences with a focus on contemporary political theory. It begins with the legacies of the 1789 revolution in France and the claim that it initiated a period of Enlightenment characterized by the notion that revolutions are breaks in political history. We will then consider the 1979 revolution in Iran, known in some corners as "the last great revolution," and the claim that it broke the Enlightenment mold by projecting an image of revolution as restoration. We will assess both claims in conversation with a survey of mass revolutionary movements in the 21st century. Do recent movements refer to or depart from the legacies of France in 1789 and Iran in 1979?
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