POL 336 American Political Thought

Studies key writings of America's greatest political thinkers and the most noteworthy commentators on the American political order. Among the thinkers who may be studied are the Founding Fathers, Alexis de Tocqueville, John C. Calhoun, Abraham Lincoln, Orestes Brownson, John Courtney Murray, Irving Babbitt, Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, Russell Kirk, Gerhart Niemeyer, and the Southern Agrarians. Attention may also be given to the nature of American liberalism and conservatism.  It is recommended that HST 207 or HST 208 and POL 220 be taken before this course, but these are not pre-requisites.  Cross-listed with HST 336.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

HST 336