Western Political Thought II (CVS-0052)

Spring 2025 · CVS 0052 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Central concepts of modern political thought. The views of those writers who challenged the dominance of Christianity: Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, and others. Some of the main transformations of political thinking that characterized the Enlightenment: the possibility of scientific thinking and reasoning as the basis for human freedom. Nietzsche's critique of the Enlightenment, and the ability to find political principles that are genuinely true or liberating.

Course codes: CVS-0052, CVS 0052, CVS0052, CVS-52, CVS 52, CVS52, PS-0042, PS 0042, PS0042, PS-42, PS 42, PS42, PHIL-0042, PHIL 0042, PHIL0042, PHIL-42, PHIL 42, PHIL42

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