Western Social Thought II

Catalog description

Taught by DSPT. This class is part 2 of the doctoral level seminar for students in Ethics and Social Theory Area plus advanced Masters level students. According to our published description, the doctoral program in Ethics and Social Theory prepares students to contextualize the major figures in the development of the disciplines of ethics and social theory, and to interrelate these disciplines.." This seminar should contribute to these purposes. We will read together significant texts from what is currently considered the canon for these academic disciplines, and work on relating the significance of each text to its time, to other texts, and to contemporary reading of them. [Faculty Consent required; 15 max enrollment; Auditors excluded]