Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-480
Formerly listed as: POSC-43 | POSC-80
Thomas L. Dumm (Section 01)
A consideration of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Western political theory. Topics to be considered include the fate of modernity, identity and difference, power, representation, freedom, and the state. This year’s readings may include works by the following authors: Freud, Weber, Benjamin, Heidegger, Arendt, Derrida, Foucault, Berlin, Butler, Connolly, and Agamben.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Dumm.
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:45 PM CLAR 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep | Verso | Jonathan Crary | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Human Condition | University of Chicago Press, 1998. | Hannah Arendt | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Making of the Indebted Man | Semiotext(e) 2012 | Maurizio Lazzarato | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Security, Territory, Population | Penguin, 2009 | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence | Verso | Judith Butler | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Learning to die in the Anthropocene : reflections on the end of a civilization | University of Pittsburgh Press | Roy Scranton | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Facing the planetary : entangled humanism and the politics of swarming | Duke University Press | William Connolly | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.