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POL 404 Crisis of Liberalism
Business, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Program
Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: 5/27/19 - 8/3/19
POL 404 Crisis of Liberalism
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Anglo-American University
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in: English
Course Code: POL 404
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Intro to Politics
DESCRIPTION
Indifferent, cynical, uninformed, marginalized, alienated, and sometimes furious, frustrated, fed-up, and even violent-these are the many characteristics of the modern citizen. The militias are in the mountains, the ravers are on X, the ethnic groups are grouping, the market serves the rich, and the politicians are inventing a new ethics. While the rest of us are lost in a trillion dollar pleasure binge.
What happened to the West? Nothing. Liberal democracy did what it promised.
The phrase liberal-democracy is now so commonplace that we simply assume that these terms are inherently compatible. This course takes aim at the myth that Liberalism and democracy are essential to each other. The thesis of this course is that Liberalism itself, as a philosophy of private individualism, perpetual acquisition, and expansive freedom, is largely responsible for many of the problems that 'show-up' in the Western economic, social and political arena.
What happened to the West? Nothing. Liberal democracy did what it promised.
The phrase liberal-democracy is now so commonplace that we simply assume that these terms are inherently compatible. This course takes aim at the myth that Liberalism and democracy are essential to each other. The thesis of this course is that Liberalism itself, as a philosophy of private individualism, perpetual acquisition, and expansive freedom, is largely responsible for many of the problems that 'show-up' in the Western economic, social and political arena.