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    Oct 18, 2024  
American University Catalog 2023-2024 
    
American University Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST-446 Arendt, Ethics and Citizenship (3)


Examines the problem of civic ethics in the modern world as understood through the works of leading historian and philosopher, Hannah Arendt. The course focuses on how Arendt’s work reveals intersecting ethical crises resulting from democracy, totalitarianism, genocide, and inequality. AU Core Habits of Mind: Ethical Reasoning. Usually Offered: fall and spring.