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PLSC 261: Introduction to Political Theory
The following readings have been curated especially for PLSC 261: Introduction to Political Theory. They reflect the broad and complicated debates in Western political thought from Ancient Athens to our contemporary moment.
- Author
- Vicki Hsueh and Shirin Deylami
- Publisher
- Western Washington University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC0 / Public domain
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 18 sections
- 01: Readings
- 1.01: Plato Apology 347 BC
- 1.02: Pericles Funeral Oration from the Peloponnesian War (Book 2.34-46) 431 BC
- 1.03: Aristotle The Politics Book 3 (Part I-XI)
- 1.04: Alexis de Tocqueville Selections from Democracy in America 1831
- 1.05: John Stuart Mill Selections from Considerations on Representative Government 1861
- 1.06: Thomas Hobbes Excerpts from Leviathan 1651
- 1.07: John Locke Excerpts from A Letter on Toleration 1989
- 1.08: John Locke Excerpts from Second Treatise of Government 1690
- 1.09: Adam Smith Excerpts from The Wealth of Nations 1776
- 1.10: Immanuel Kant What is Enlightenment Was ist Aufklarung 1784
- 1.11: John Stuart Mill Excerpts from On Liberty 1859
- 1.12: Edmund Burke Excerpts from Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790
- 1.13: Joseph de Maistre Excerpts from Study on Sovereignty 1794
- 1.14: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto 1847
- 1.15: Alfredo Rocco Selections from The Political Doctrine of Fascism 1925
- 1.16: Mary Wollestonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Women 1792
- 1.17: Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions 1848