PS 222 - Political Ideologies

Semester Hours: 4

Over the last two centuries, an unprecedented number of political dreamers have emerged to question social and political arrangements. Often they have dared to imagine they could craft perfect societies. Students will compare the ways that different belief systems have addressed fundamental concepts like freedom, justice, equality and human nature, as they explore the political belief systems (including liberalism, conservatism, feminism, socialism, anarchism, fascism and environmentalism) that have captured peoples’ imaginations and stirred them to action. Meets Religious and Philosophical Thought Intellectual Perspective requirement (RP).

Intellectual Perspective: RP