POLS 420 | History of Political Thought

3 credits

Issues and texts related to the tradition of Western political theories.

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Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

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Selected Writings
Karl Marx
ISBN: 0-87220-218-6
The Discourses (1983)
Niccolo Machiavelli
ISBN: 0-14-044428-9
The Prince (1998)
Niccolo Machiavelli
ISBN: 0-19-283397-9
The Republic of Plato (1945)
Francis Cornford, ed.
ISBN: 0-19-500364-0
Two Treatises of Government (1988)
John Locke
ISBN: 0-521-35730-6

Instructors

Bradley Macdonald

(970) 491-6943 | bradley.macdonald@colostate.edu

Bradley J. Macdonald received his BA in Political Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MA and PhD in Political Science from UCLA. His primary research focus is in contemporary political theory with a particular focus on Western Marxism, critical theory, postmodern political theory, and issues related to cultural politics (or the way in which art/popular culture reinforce and/or resist relations of power). Email: bradley.macdonald@colostate.edu

POLS 420 - History of Political Thought

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Bradley Macdonald

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