POLS 212 - Conservatism & Its Critics

4 credit(s)
A survey of historical and contemporary conservative ideas and movements from Edmund Burke to the present with an emphasis on the variety of conceptions of conservatism. Also includes critiques of different forms of conservative thought from within the conservative tradition itself as well as from liberal and socialist critics of conservatism.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Analyzing and Interpreting Texts.