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

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	7937 (v.5) Politics 219 - Liberals and Conservatives - from Hobbes and Burke to the Present
Syllabus:	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.