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POL 302
Continental Political Thought from Rousseau to Nietzsche
Anna Stilz
TTH, 3:30-4:20 pm

In the course we will examine the development of political thought in Europe from the second half of the eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. We will focus on the Kantian, Hegelian and Marxist developments in this tradition. We will discuss the important role played by different conceptions of freedom, human nature, and history in the political thought of the period. We will address in particular issues concerning autonomy and authority, the nature of the state, and the limits to state power.