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The ISI Club at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is hosting Dr. Benjamin Lockerd for this lecture on March 4, 2024, at 7 PM in Jones Hall. Come join us!
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Political Theory is the study of the ideas, concepts, and arguments that historical political figures have used to make sense of and influence their social, political, and cultural worlds. Studying these ideas, concepts, and arguments (many of which might sound quite foreign to our ears) allows us to, as Hannah Arendt puts it, " think what we are doing " politically – that is, to shed light on and suggest solutions to some of the biggest political problems facing the world today. In this course, students will gain a familiarity and fluency with the main traditions, themes, and debates that shape how we think about and participate in politics. Students will be challenged to reconsider their political preconceptions and commitments in light of reading, discussing, and writing about authors from diverse historical backgrounds and ideological perspectives. In this way, students will themselves participate in the tradition of Political Theory. This writing-intensive course proceeds in roughly chronological order and is organized around six “contested concepts” that have inspired political theorists in the past and that continue to motivate political debate today. In Unit 1, “Justice and the Ancient Tradition,” we read works by Thucydides, Plato, and Machiavelli to consider the meaning and value of a “just” political order. Unit 2, “Authority and the Modern Tradition,” explores the foundations of legitimate political authority by reading the classic social contract theorists (Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau) alongside contemporary critics of this tradition (Carole Pateman and Charles Mills). Unit 3, “Freedom and the Liberal Tradition,” examines J.S. Mill’s liberal conception of freedom in light of critiques offered by Karl Marx and W.E.B. Du Bois. Unit 4, “Power and the Postmodern Tradition,” explores how power operates to create modern political subjectivities by turning to the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Judith Butler. Unit 5, “Violence and the Radical Tradition,” stages a debate between Mahatma Gandhi, Hannah Arendt, and Frantz Fanon about the value and efficacy of violence in radical political movements. Unit 6, “Trumpism and the Conservative Tradition,” turns to Edmund Burke and Corey Robin to consider whether the presidency of Donald Trump represents a continuation of or break with modern conservatism.
The American Political Science Review (APSR) centennial provided us an occasion for the examination of the political science profession as reflected from its pages. Employing a citation analysis of 220 major political scientists published in the APSR and probing deeper into the citation record of some of its prominent scholars, this paper charts the dynamics of political science history. Since its birth over a hundred years ago, the profession has been in a state of constant flux, where new movements surge as previous ones decline once their integration into the fund of professional knowledge was completed. The paper argues that the surge and decline pattern is not a “tragedy of political science,” but a sign of a healthy and vigorous profession.
Ethical Perspectives
Andrew Fiala (ed.). The Bloomsbury companion to political philosophy. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. 288 pp2016 •
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