PL 334 - Contemporary Political Philosophy

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the central themes in contemporary political philosophy, including the nature of politics; the political; sovereignty; legitimacy; power; political practice; the nature and normative foundations of democracy in its liberal form; and the challenge of difference. Authors may include Arendt, Foucault, Schmitt, Rawls, Habermas, Mouffe, Laclau, and Agamben.