This course
is an introduction to political thought in America. It will include
1) a review of antecedent and origins of American political thought,
2) a tracing of the history and development of political thought in
this country, 3) a survey of the imported political theories which have
surfaced in the course of that historical development, and 4) a careful
examination of the variety of political ideologies present in contemporary
American political thought, and the outlook for the future.