HONR 2510 - Capitalism and Its Discontents

4 credit hours
This course investigates the major social science themes and perspectives of modernity associated with the Enlightenment tradition-positivism, rationality, economic and political liberalism-through a study of those who celebrated the virtues of this tradition and those who mourned its vices. The study ranges from the mid-17^th century to the 20^th. Authors covered include such thinkers as Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Mill, Marx, Weber and Gilman.