Class Detail
POLI 118 - 01 Critical Political Thought and Critical Theory
2025 Summer Quarter
Class Details
- Career
- Undergraduate
- Grading
- Student Option
- Class Number
- 70487
- Type
- Lecture
- Instruction Mode
- In Person
- Credits
- 5 units
- General Education
- Status
- Open
- Available Seats
- 33
- Enrollment Capacity
- 40
- Enrolled
- 7
- Wait List Capacity
- 999
- Wait List Total
- 0
OpenDescription
Course uses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of politics through significant contemporary authors and approaches in critical theory. Topics include: democracy action, violence, subjectivity, identity, power and resistance, the body, political economy, and post-colonialism. (Formerly Topics in Contemporary Political and Critical Theory.)
Class Notes
In times of crisis, we need more than ever tools to think critically, challenge dominant arguments and assumptions, and have fresh perspectives on our social and political lives.
The course offers techniques of such thinking and practices from critical political thought, bringing together Western and non-Western traditions of thought.
The course offers techniques of such thinking and practices from critical political thought, bringing together Western and non-Western traditions of thought.
Meeting Information
| Days & Times | Room | Instructor | Meeting Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| MW 01:00PM-04:30PM | Cowell Acad 113 | Rahman,M. | 07/28/25 - 08/29/25 |