Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-155
Hadley P. Arkes (Section 01)
[AP, IR, PT] [IL - starting with the Class of 2015] In the teaching of the classic philosophers, the central questions of politics are questions of justice: What are the grounds of our judgment on the things that are just or unjust, right or wrong? What is the nature of the just, or the best, political order? What measures would we be “justified” in imposing with the force of “law”? What is the nature of that regime we would seek to preserve in this country--or, on the other hand, what are the regimes that we would be justified in resisting in other places, even with the force of arms? The problem of judgment must point to the principles, or the standards, of judgment and to an understanding that is distinctly philosophic. But political men and women also need a certain sense of the ways of the world: the things that hold people in alliance or impart a movement to events; the ways in which the character of politics is affected by the presence of bureaucracies or elections; the arts of persuasion; the strains of rendering judgments. And the knowledge of these things must depend on experience. In this style of introduction to political science, a central place will be given over to the study of statesmen and politicians: Lincoln, Churchill, Eisenhower, but also Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan. The course will draw us back to Aristotle and Plato, to Machiavelli and the American Founders, but then it will also encompass the study of voting and campaigns, and the more recent politics of race and gender.
Limited to 25 students. Fall semester. Professor Arkes.
If Overenrolled: Preference given to Political Science majors.
Cost: $83.00 ?
Section 01
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 108
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 108
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Am the Change : Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism | HarperCollins Publishers | Charles Kesler | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Prince | Yale University Press (1997) | Niccolò Machiavelli ; translated and edited by Angelo M. Codevilla | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Darkness at Noon | Northwestern University Press | Arthur Koestler | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| After Hope and Change : The 2012 Elections and American Politics | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | James W. Ceaser, Andrew E. Busch, and John J. Pitney Jr. | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.