Introduction to Political Philosophy

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This online lecture course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition.

The following themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon:

• the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle),
• the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes),
• constitutional government (Locke), and
• democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville).