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Christopher S Parker
POL S 405
Seattle Campus
Intensive reading and research in selected problems or fields of political analysis.
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Most people recognize that patriotism is identified with love of country. But what does it mean? Political philosophers often identify patriotism with a commitment to the values on which the country is founded. With this in mind, how can both Martin Luther King and White Supremacists both lay claim to patriotism? Or, more recently, how can the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement both claim patriotism? Most accounts identify patriotism with the American right, but is it possible for progressives to lay claim to it as well? In this class, we examine American patriotism, and interrogate the American right's claim on it. In the end, this class reveals that American patriotism doesn't solely belong "lock, stock, and barrel" to the right. Indeed, social progress in America is indebted to patriotism.
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