Previously maligned as embarrassing and problematic, second-wave thought has recently garnered renewed attention. Feminist political theorists today find that second-wave texts offer resources to rethink sexual violence, economic domination, the institution of the family, dilemmas of intersectionality, and the very definition of politics itself. In this course, we will revisit second-wave texts, alongside contemporary readings, to consider this project of canonization. The course will raise the following questions: Why, in our moment, have contemporary feminists found it fruitful to return to the 1970s and 80s? What resources do second-wave texts offer for thinking perennial political problems anew? And how should we periodize the second wave? Assigned authors include Simone de Beauvoir, Andrea Dworkin, Shulamith Firestone, Silvia Federici, Audre Lorde, and Angela Davis, as well as Amia Srinivasan, Sophie Lewis, Kathi Weeks, and Jennifer Nash. This course would serve as an excellent introduction to feminist political theory.