Government 305ct - Seminar: Topics in American Government-The Conservative Tradition

Sem:Amer-T-ConservativeTrad

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Claire Leavitt

W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM; M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM

Smith College
GOV-305ct-01-202503
Hatfield 204
cleavitt@smith.edu
This course focuses on the history of conservative political thought and the conservative movement in the United States. Students read scholarship that analyzes and explains the movement from a historical erspective, and much of the focus is on the thinkers who directly defined and contoured what it means to be a conservative in America, from the "father of conservatism" Edmund Burke to the Anti-Federalists to Milton Friedman to William F. Buckley to Ayn Rand to Allan Bloom. This class takes conservatism seriously both as an intellectual and a political tradition as it assesses and critiques its canon. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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