PSCI3630-01.American Political Thought.F13.Peschek,Joseph

Faculty Name

Joseph Peschek

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