Philosophy 115

Fall 2006

Number Title Instructor Days/time Room
115 Political Philosophy Sluga MWF 10-11 4 LeConte

The course will seek to examine fundamental features of politics by considering the basic concepts we employ for this purpose. It will focus, in particular, on the concept of the political and argue that our traditional understanding of that concept has now disintegrated and that we must endeavor to conceive of politics in new ways.

In the course of this undertaking we will look at the writings of a number of political philosophers, including specifically Plato and Aristotle as well as Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, and Micheal Foucault.

Texts:

Plato Protagoras and Meno.
Plato The Statesman.
Aristotle Politics.
Schmitt, Carl The Concept of the Political.
Arendt, Hannah The Human Condition.
Foucault, Michael Power-Knowledge.

Previously taught: FL05, FL04, FL03.