POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FIELD

Core Course Requirement (4 units):

• PP450 Major Works in Political Philosophy

SUBFIELDS:

Choose one (1) course from each of the following subfields listed below (12 units):

Ancient & Medieval Political Philosophy

• PP304 Ethics and Politics
• PP456 Topics in Ancient Political Philosophy
• PP456a Plato’s Laws
• PP456b Thucydides
• PP461a Classical Political Philosophy: Aristotle
• PP461b Classical Political Philosophy: Cicero

Ancient & Medieval Political Philosophy Cont’d

• PP464 Ethics and Politics: Aristotle and Cicero
• PP465 Medieval Political Philosophy
• PP466 Basic Concepts in Political Philosophy: Plato’s Republic

Modern Political Philosophy

• PP451 The Federalist
• PP453 Idealism and Nihilism
• PP457 The Political Philosophy of John Locke
• PP457a The Political Philosophy of Rousseau
• PP457b The Political Philosophy of Machiavelli
• PP457c Political Philosophy of Montesquieu
• PP458 The Problem of Freedom in Recent Political
• PP459 Liberal Individualism and Communitarianism
• PP468 American Political Thought and Development

Contemporary Political Philosophy

• PP454 Contemporary Figures in Political Philosophy: Ortega y Gasset and Arendt
• PP455 Feminist Political Thought
• PP462 Contemporary Political Theory
• PP463 The Political Philosophy of Heidegger

2)    Expertise in Depth - Choose two (2) courses in one of the subfield areas (8 units) listed:

• One (1) course should be a thematic, or “issue course
• The second course should focus on the work of one theorist

Faculty Contacts:

Mark.Blitz@claremontmckenna.edu

Charles.Kesler@claremontmckenna.edu

James.Nichols@claremontmckenna.edu

Sharon_Snowiss@pitzer.edu