This class could have been very interesting but the professor made it super, super confusing and complicated. To start with, his style of lecturing was very hard to follow and take notes to. He had no clear idea of where he was going when teaching so he would just start talking and ramble on. He would go on tangents, jump between ideas, and just make no sense at all. It made learning very difficult. It was like solving a puzzle every time he started talking. The papers he assigned actually weren't too bad. They weren't too long and usually based on a movie you have to watch. They were graded kind of harshly but you can definitely pull them off pretty well (even if you aren't a poli sci major). They were the least bad part of the class. The reading that he assigned was first, way too long and second, pretty confusing. It's normally okay to assign confusing readings if the professor explains it well, which he did not. So, take this class if you feel that you can make out the content without additional help from the professor because he just made everything more confusing than necessary. TA's weren't helpful either.

3 Keyword assignments that consisted of about 9 pages each throughout the semester, and a final 1,000 word paper where you write a response to a prompt generated by chat gpt. Panagia is very interesting but sometimes he would go on and on and I would lose track on his point, he is funny and likable and easy to talk to. Participation in lecture matters if you want a better understanding of the material but not for actual credit. If you have Vanessa P she makes you do all these extra assignments on top in order to earn that participation credit and the work is easy although it is time consuming, I spoke to other students who had a diff TA and they said all they did to earn participation credit was show up so I didn't think that was fair but it is what it is. She does not respond to emails. She seems to really know her stuff though so I did appreciate that from her.

Instructor was very willing to start a dialogue, even if things were not connected to course material. Instructor did not focus very much on the readings, even when pulling them up and annotating in front of class.

Instructor was very willing to start a dialogue, even if things were not connected to course material. Instructor did not focus very much on the readings, even when pulling them up and annotating in front of class.

Selling these books for the class, all the editions Panagia asks for (which can be hard to find), all in great condition, and cheaper than anywhere online!
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-Nietzsche on Truth and Untruth
-Karl Marx Capital Volume I
-The Basic Works of Aristotle
-Rousseau: Discourses and other early political writings
-Hobbes: Leviathan
-Martin Luther Selections From His Writings (Dillenberger)
-Freud The Uncanny
-The Communist Manifesto (Hobsbawm Modern Edition)
-Basic Writings of Nietzsche

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I took this class the first quarter of my freshman year and I wish I had't. The class its self is not too difficult. Your entire grade is made up of 4 essays and 5 pop-quizzes in section. As long as you do some of the reading you should be fine. As for the TA you choose DO NOT GET NAVEED!!!! He was sooooo unhelpful and ridiculously strict on grading. If you get him as your TA try to switch. Also if you do not like philosophy this is not the class for you.

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SELLING THE COURSE READER, THE BASIC WORKS OF ARISTOTLE, AND SAINT AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS! $20

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