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Mar 13, 2025
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POLI189T PO - Conservative Political ThoughtWhen Offered: Irregularly
Instructor(s): A. Campi
Credit: 1
At its most basic, conservative political thought articulates and defends forms of social order rooted in the ostensibly stable bases of nature, tradition, and religion. While retaining these core features, modern conservatism has proven highly dynamic in its adaptation to the capitalist market order and mass democracy, giving rise to right-wing populism, authoritarianism, and free-market conservatism. This course will read conservative thinkers alongside historians and social theorists. Themes include racial supremacy, gender hierarchy, nationalism, violence, and the rule of law. The historical focus of the course will be on US conservative movements, from the new right to the alt-right, and the election of Donald Trump.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2;
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