Title
PSCI3630-01.American Political Thought.F13.Peschek,Joseph
Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
PSCI
Course Subject
PSCI
Course Number
3630
Course Section
01
Course Title
American Political Thought
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2013
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
W
Area of Study
PSCI
Course Description
Goals: To understand the nature and significance of the main currents of American political thought from the seventeenth century to the present; to explore the historically developing relationships between liberalism, capitalism, democracy, conservatism, and radicalism in the United States. Content: Careful study of mainstream thinkers and documents (Jefferson, Lincoln, the Constitution) as well as dissident voices (Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, the anti-Federalists). Emphasis on the social and economic context of political thought. Taught: Alternate years.
Recommended Citation
Peschek, Joseph, "PSCI3630-01.American Political Thought.F13.Peschek,Joseph" (2013). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 2169.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/2169