POL 348: Family And Sexuality In Political Theory
3 credits

How do ideas about family and sexuality influence various conceptions of politics and vice versa? What assumptions, explicit or implicit, do political theorists make about the family and sexuality? How and for whom are their depictions or prescriptions for motherhood, fatherhood, and sexuality empowering and/or oppressive? In this course, we will explore the answers to questions like these by analyzing and critically evaluating how theorists (and activists) portray and critique the institution of the family and the politics of sexuality.

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