Breadcrumb Home Political Science PS330 PS330: THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT Download as PDF Class Program Political Science Credits 4 Skill W An overview of modern social and political thought with a focus on its origins in Western rationality and its application to contemporary issues and ideologies. Philosophers include Socrates, Augustine, Machiavelli, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud. Prerequisites EN101 or EN103H, PS130, SY130, or PS234G