SOC-290 Classics of Western Social Thought

Reading and discussion of major thinkers in the development of modern Western social thought. Authors include Machiavelli, Rousseau, Burke, Marx, Darwin, Weber, Freud, Mannheim and de Beauvoir. Emphasis on class presentations, debates, book notes and class protocols. Works examined from historical, sociological, psychological and philosophical perspectives.

Maximum Enrollment

Seminar (12)

(Seminar.)

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

HIST-290

Prerequisite

one course in history or sociology

Notes

May count toward a concentration in either history or sociology.