HUMN560 - Society and the World I
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This course provides a study of distinctive perspectives of the social sciences. Course topics include the development of modern political and social understanding. Seminar discussions revolve around key issues in knowledge of societies—the state of nature, the social contract, the invisible hand, class conflict, and self-denial. Readings for this course include: Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah; Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan; John Locke, Second Treatise on Government; Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments; Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America; Emile Durkeim, Suicide.
Prerequisites
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Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 07/25/10 |
Spring 2010 Session A - 16 Week session |
| 01/25/10 - 06/27/10 |
07/05/10 - 10/24/10 |
Summer 2010 Session A - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
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The Muqaddimah - alternate sources available online at http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ik/Muqaddimah/
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0691120544
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Bollingen, 2004
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The Second Treatise of Government - alternate sources available online at http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtreat.htm
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| ISBN: |
0023933003
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0-02-393300-3
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy) - alternate sources available online at http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smMS.html
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| ISBN: |
1573928003
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May 2000
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Democracy in America - alternate sources available online at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/home.html
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| ISBN: |
0451528123
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N/A
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Leviathan - alternate sources available online at http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html
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| ISBN: |
0140431950
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| Publication Info: |
NY: Viking Penguin, 1982
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