Recent work in political theory, stressing major approaches to the understanding of contemporary political life such as historicism, the sociology of knowledge, positivism, phenomenology, critical theory, existentialism, neo-classicism. Works by such thinkers as Gramsci, Mannheim, Popper, Strauss, Cassirer, Habermas, Sartre, and Voegelin. Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing and one of GPOL 1000 or PSCI 2300 or permission of the Department.Seminar three hours a week.