2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
    Jun 15, 2024  
2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSC 262, 263 - Utopia & Its Critics

1 course unit
An examination of utopianism and realism as contrasting modes of political thinking. By examining the works of thinkers such as Plato, Thomas More, Bellamy, and Morris, the course will consider the meaning, justifications, and functions of utopian thought, both as a blueprint for a just society and a genre of social criticism. The course will consider anti-utopian or realist thinkers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes who insist on a sober assessment of power as the basis of political and social order.
Meets general academic requirement P and effective Fall 2013 HU (and W when offered as 263).



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