| WEEK # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| THE ENLIGHTENMENT | ||
| Machiavelli | ||
| 1 and 2 | The New Understanding of Human Nature and Politics | |
| Hobbes | ||
| 3 | On Man | |
| 4 | On Commonwealth | |
| Locke | ||
| 5 | Contract | Paper 1 due |
| 6 | Legitimate Government | |
| 7 | Freedom of Thought | Paper 1 revision due |
| LIBERTY AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM | ||
| 8 | The American Founding | |
| 9 | Liberty and Equality in America | |
| STATESMANSHIP AND THE AMERICAN REGIME | ||
| 10 | Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom? | Paper 2 due |
| A CRITIQUE OF ENLIGHTENMENT | ||
| Rousseau | ||
| 11 | Human Nature and Inequality | |
| 12 | The Freedom of the Citizen | |
| THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY | ||
| Nietzsche | ||
| 13 | A New Vision | Paper 3 due |
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