The focus of this course is the tradition of 20th century “critical theory”, influenced by the so-called linguistic and cultural turns in the social sciences. Key questions to be explored are: What is power? What is the terrain of the “political”? Who are the subjects of political domination/political change? Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Political Science 2237E and one additional political theory course or permission of the instructor. Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. back to top
