ENGL 236Literature of Ideas 1
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1980–81
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1968–69 to 1980–81; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
This course is designed to stimulate oral and written controversy about such problems as idealism versus realism, the individual versus society, and rebellion versus revolution. Texts include classics such as Machiavelli’s The Prince, More’s Utopia, Marx’s Communist Manifesto, and Mill’s On Liberty, as well as 20th-century prose counterparts of these earlier works..
As printed in the 1974–75 to 1980–81 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1968–69 to 1980–81, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1974–75 to 1980–81 6 calendars
This course is designed to stimulate oral and written controversy about such problems as idealism versus realism, the individual versus society, and rebellion versus revolution. Texts include classics such as Machiavelli’s The Prince, More’s Utopia, Marx’s Communist Manifesto, and Mill’s On Liberty, as well as 20th-century prose counterparts of these earlier works..
- 1974–75 PDF p. 391
- 1975–76 PDF p. 296
- 1976–77 PDF p. 259
- 1978–79 PDF p. 288
- 1979–80* PDF p. 298
- 1980–81* PDF p. 308
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1968–69 to 1973–74 6 calendars
This course, which deals chiefly with the moral implications of political thought, is designed both to stimulate controversy and to improve the student’s ability to express himself in clear, organized fashion. Students are required to write essays and seminar papers on the topics discussed. Students are required to conduct seminars on such topics as political realism, human rights versus civil rights, the difference between rebellion and revolution.t