2020-2021 Catalog

POLS-277 International Political Theory

This course explores the intellectual roots of the discipline of International Relations and how they shape the current debates about The International. This course opens a dialogue with the authors examined in the courses PHIL 250, PHIL-120, GVT 275 and GVT 276, reveals their worldviews and examines their contributions to understand the choices of the global wired citizens of the twenty-first century. From the Thucydides Trap to the dilemmas of Global Governance, this course encourages students to identify and explain how ideas travel across disciplines and how they land in the field of International Relations.

Credits

4