Late Work Policy Late work in threaded discussions, quizzes, and final project will not be accepted for any reason whatsoever. You will not pass this course if you fail to submit the final project before the deadline. Do prepare in advance. Technical failure in the website will not make an excuse unless it is a publicly addressed problem by Rutgers. Late project assignments will be accepted with a reduction of points, one point per one day late. Class Schedule Week Day/Date Unit Title Topics Readings, Lectures, Media, Activities, and Assignments 1 Tue.Sep.6 Real - What is politics? - Introduction to Nature of - Max Weber, as a Vocation” “Politics Sun.Sep.11 Politics? 2 Mon.Sep.12 Real -General discussion -Schmitt, Concept of the Political to Nature of on of politics’ -mandatory completion of sample ‘nature Sun.Sep.18 Politics 2 -Introduction of the discussion and quiz – : Carl course Schmitt 3 Mon.Sep.19 Ancient -Political thoughts -Pericles’ Funeral Oration from to Greeks: before modernity Thucydides Sun.Sep.25 Politics of -Why ancient thoughts - Excerpts from Plato, Defense of still matter Socrates, The Republic - Excerpts from Aristotle, Politics cf. Sunzi, Art of War, Confucius, Analect 4 Mon.Sep.26 The Dawn -Rise of realist political -Machiavelli, The Prince, The Mandrake to Sun.Oct.2 of Modern thought Politics: -Why state-building Machiavelli was so important 5 Mon.Oct.3 The Birth of -Problems of -Hobbes, Leviathan to Sun.Oct.9 Political normative political thought “Science”: Hobbes -Hobbes’ version of “Science” 6 Mon.Oct.10 The March -How the concept of -Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil to of was born Government ‘right’ Sun.Oct.16 Individual -Property right Rights: -Labor theory of value Locke 7 Mon.Oct.17 The -Defense of science -Kant, is Enlightenment?” “What to and reason from Critique of realism without ideal Sun.Oct.23 II religion and arbitrary power -What is ‘reason’?
Late Work Policy Late work in threaded discussions, quizzes, and final project will not be accepted for any reason whatsoever. You will not pass this course if you fail to submit the final project before the deadline. Do prepare in advance. Technical failure in the website will not make an excuse unless it is a publicly addressed problem by Rutgers. Late project assignments will be accepted with a reduction of points, one point per one day late. Class Schedule Week Day/Date Unit Title Topics Readings, Lectures, Media, Activities, and Assignments 1 Tue.Sep.6 to Sun.Sep.11 Real Nature of Politics? - What is politics? - Introduction - Max Weber, “Politics as a Vocation” 2 Mon.Sep.12 to Sun.Sep.18 Real Nature of Politics – 2 : Carl Schmitt -General discussion on ‘nature of politics’ -Introduction of the course -Schmitt, Concept of the Political -mandatory completion of sample discussion and quiz 3 Mon.Sep.19 to Sun.Sep.25 Ancient Greeks: Politics of -Political thoughts before modernity -Why ancient thoughts still matter -Pericles’ Funeral Oration from Thucydides - Excerpts from Plato, Defense of Socrates, The Republic - Excerpts from Aristotle, Politics cf. Sunzi, Art of War, Confucius, Analect 4 Mon.Sep.26 to Sun.Oct.2 The Dawn of Modern Politics: Machiavelli -Rise of realist political thought -Why state-building was so important -Machiavelli, The Prince, The Mandrake 5 Mon.Oct.3 to Sun.Oct.9 The Birth of Political “Science”: Hobbes -Problems of normative political thought -Hobbes’ version of “Science” -Hobbes, Leviathan 6 Mon.Oct.10 to Sun.Oct.16 The March of Individual Rights: Locke -How the concept of ‘right’ was born -Property right -Labor theory of value -Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil Government 7 Mon.Oct.17 to Sun.Oct.23 The II -Defense of science and reason from religion and arbitrary power -What is ‘reason’? -Kant, “What is Enlightenment?” Critique of realism without ideal
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