Online Courses Handbook 2003

9828 (v.5) Politics 319 - Liberals and Conservatives - from Hobbes and Burke to the Present

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	7937 (v.5) Politics 219 - Liberals and Conservatives - from Hobbes and Burke to the Present
Origins and development of liberalism. Through an examination of particular political theorists and their writings, the principle elements of liberal political thought are examined. The theorists studied include - Aristotle, Plato, N Machiavelli, T Hobbes, J Locke, J J Rouseau, J Bentham, E Burke, G F Hegel, J S Mill, K Marx, F Engels, M Weber, V I Lenin, A Gramsci, R Dahl and F A von Hayek, plus a major research paper.

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