A Man's World
"As things are now, we're almost removing manliness from our vocabulary," Mansfield says. "Is this good or not?"
Government 2080: "Topics in Political Philosophy: Manliness" will focus primarily on the Victorian era and today.
"Before we had the rough life of Teddy Roosevelt. Now we've got the sensitive male of Bill Clinton," he says.
A philosophy-phile, Mansfield promises a survey of theory classics, like Plato and de Tocqueville, but the syllabus calls for other works as well.
Readings will range from feminist theory to Don Quixote.
Mansfield says students will be required to give reports on films like Fargo, Raging Bull and "anything with John Wayne."
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