Contemporary Political Theory.pdf

Carleton University Fall 2009
Department of Political Science

PSCI 4305A
Contemporary Political Theory
Thursday 2:.- 5:.
Please confirm location on Carleton Central
Fall:
Instructor: Julia Brotea
Office: D683 Loeb Building
Telephone: 613-520-2600 ext. 2789 (no voicemail)
Office Hours: Thurs 1:00-2:30pm or by appointment
Email: ******@

Winter:
Instructor: Dr. Tom Darby
Office C675 Loeb Building
Telephone: 520-2600 ext. 2778
Office Hours: TBA
Email:

Course Rationale and Objective:
This course will explore the interplay between politics and technology in our
time. It will focus on prevalent thinkers who articulate this interplay in modern thought
and it will relate them to Ancient Greek and Christian thought.

Course Requirements:
Students plete each of the ponents of the course in order
to achieve a passing grade. There will be no final examination. Students are expected to
attend class regularly, to read all assigned material, to participate in discussion and to
prepare and make oral presentations in class.

List of texts: Fall Term
All text are required and can be purchase at the Carleton University Book Store.

Agamben, io. Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Trans. Daniel Heller-
Roazen (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1998).