POLS 353 Comparative and Global Political Theory
In this course, we will move beyond the Western canon and examine important political ideas--equality, territory, state, development, gender, race, and colonialism--through an engagement with a diverse range of political traditions across space and time, with an emphasis on South and East Asian, Middle-Eastern and North African, and Caribbean traditions. Furthermore, instead of studying each tradition on its own, we will be actively tracing the transnational connections between them and compare their narratives, both with each other and against received Western notions. We will situate these traditions in the historical developments of these regions and extend our conversations to their current political developments. Students will gain a comparative understanding of how ideas and politics intertwine across these globally diffused regions.