LY 340
Freedom Equality & Reaction
This course will trace intellectual debates from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present on the place, and character, of freedom and equality in our social, legal and
political order, and explore the socio-historical contexts that animated these debates,
including the struggles for legal equality and the rights of workers, the emergence of
visions of socialist democracy, the project of empire-building and anti-colonial
resistance, the rise of authoritarianism, the development of neoliberalism, the growth of
the feminist and queer liberation movements, and the unfolding crises of global
capitalism in the 21st century. Key primary texts from writers in the liberal, socialist,
conservative, feminist, queer liberation, and anti-colonial traditions will be read.
Prerequisites: Registration Status: Senior Student.
This course will trace intellectual debates from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present on the place, and character, of freedom and equality in our social, legal and
political order, and explore the socio-historical contexts that animated these debates,
including the struggles for legal equality and the rights of workers, the emergence of
visions of socialist democracy, the project of empire-building and anti-colonial
resistance, the rise of authoritarianism, the development of neoliberalism, the growth of
the feminist and queer liberation movements, and the unfolding crises of global
capitalism in the 21st century. Key primary texts from writers in the liberal, socialist,
conservative, feminist, queer liberation, and anti-colonial traditions will be read.
Prerequisites: Registration Status: Senior Student.
This course will trace intellectual debates from the mid-nineteenth century to the
present on the place, and character, of freedom and equality in our social, legal and
political order, and explore the socio-historical contexts that animated these debates,
including the struggles for legal equality and the rights of workers, the emergence of
visions of socialist democracy, the project of empire-building and anti-colonial
resistance, the rise of authoritarianism, the development of neoliberalism, the growth of
the feminist and queer liberation movements, and the unfolding crises of global
capitalism in the 21st century. Key primary texts from writers in the liberal, socialist,
conservative, feminist, queer liberation, and anti-colonial traditions will be read.
Prerequisites: Registration Status: Senior Student.
