PLPT 7010
Interpretative Methods for Political Thought and Culture
Course Description
"This class surveys interpretative approaches used to study the objects that comprise political theory¿s purview: treatises, historical events, cultural practices, and archival materials. Students will read canonical methodological statements, like those of ""contextualism"" and ethnographic ""thick description."" They will also survey major figures of political thought, the better to train students to use these methods in their teaching."