PO212 Classic Texts II: Renaissance & Modern

A study of selected writings in political philosophy by modern and contemporary authors. Among the authors studied are Machiavelli (The Prince), Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan or On the Citizen), John Locke (Second Treatise of Government), Jean Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract or Discourse on the Origin of Inequality), and Karl Marx (The Communist Manifesto). Offered every semester.