Spring 1999

CULTURES and TRADITIONS: Spring Semester 2000

[Underlined readings contain internet links]

Tentative Syllabus: This is a working version of the spring syllabus for the spring of 2000.

Topic Topic Topic

Part I: The Enlightenment: Reason and Individuality

Jan 12 W
LECTURE: The Enlightenment (Melissa Butler)

14 F
Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? [Readings Book B]

17 M
John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding (selections) [Readings
Book C] and Issac Newton, Principia (selections)

19 W
David Hume, "Of Miracles" (selections) and Condorcet, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Human Mind (selections) and [Readings Book D]

21 F
"Declaration of Independence," "Bill of Rights," and the "Declaration of the Rights of Man." [Readings Book D]

24 M
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (selections) [Readings Book E]

Part II: The Enlightenment: Criticism and Crisis

26 W
LECTURE: Extensions and Excesses of the Enlightenment Dream (Cheryl Hughes)

28 F
Romantic Prose and Poetry [Readings Book G]

31 M
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (selections) [Readings Book H]

Feb 2 W
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments," and "The Solitude of Self" [Readings Book I]

4 F
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, and The Communist Manifesto (selections) [Readings Book J]

7 M
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: First Part, The Gay Science, and "On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense" (selections) [Readings Book K]

9 W
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents (selections)

Part III: The Enlightenment-Crises and Reconstruction

11 F
LECTURE: Steve Morillo

14 M
Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

14, 15 M, T
VIDEO: Alain Resnais, Night and Fog (1955), 30 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb Classroom

16 W
Holocaust Poetry, and Elie Wiesel "A Prayer for the Days of Awe" and Night and Fog (discussion) [Readings Book L]

18 F
Bells from Nagasaki

21 M
United Nations "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" [Readings Book M]

23 W
Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (selections) [Readings Book N]

25 F
Stephen Hawkings, Brief History of Time (selections) [Readings Book O]

28 M
Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

Mar 1 W
Open Day

3 F
Discussion: Thinking about the Enlightenment

Spring Break 4-12 March

Part IV: The African American Experience

13 M
LECTURE: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Dream Deferred (Peter Frederick)

15 W
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

17 F
Booker T. Washington, "Atlanta Exposition Address" [Readings Book P] and W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 3

20 M
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapters 1, 11, 13

22 W
LECTURE: Music and Art from the Harlem Renaissance (Joy Castro and Trevor Weston)

24 F
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (selections), and selected poems by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes [Readings Book Q]

27 M
LECTURE: Malcolm, Martin, and the Black Religious Experience (Michael Brown)

27, 28 M, Tu
VIDEO: Eyes on the Prize (1986), 1 hour and 30 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb

29 W
Eyes on the Prize (discussion)

31 F
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 1-3, 7, 9-11

Apr 3 M
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 13-14, 17, 19, pp. 419-39 of Epilogue

5 W
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" [Readings Book R]

7 F
Alice Walker, "The Welcome Table," James Cone, God of the Oppressed (selections) [Readings Book S], and Say Amen, Somebody (discussion)

10 M
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Colored People (selections) [Readings Book T]

Part V: Thinking about Culture

12 W
Lecture: What is Culture? (William Placher and Raymond Williams)

14 F
E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Magic, Witchcraft, and Oracles among the Azande (selections) [Readings Book U]

17 M
Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa (selections) [Readings Book V]

19 W
Clifford Geertz: "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" [Readings Book W]

19, 20 W, Th
VIDEO: "Deep Play" at Wabash (1998), 60 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb

21 F
Elihu Baldwin, "Inaugural Address" [Readings Book X]; "Deep Play" at Wabash (discussion)

24 M
Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind (selections) [Readings Book Y]

26 W
Martha Nussbaum, Cultivating Humanity (selections) [Readings Book Z]

28 F
Discussion & Recapitulation

		Tentative Syllabus: This is a working version of the spring syllabus for the spring of 2000.
Topic	Topic	Topic
		*Part I: The Enlightenment: Reason and Individuality*
Jan 12	W	LECTURE: The Enlightenment (Melissa Butler)
14	F	Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? [Readings Book B]
17	M	John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding (selections) [Readings Book C] and Issac Newton, Principia (selections)
19	W	David Hume, "Of Miracles" (selections) and Condorcet, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Human Mind (selections) and [Readings Book D]
21	F	"Declaration of Independence," "Bill of Rights," and the "Declaration of the Rights of Man." [Readings Book D]
24	M	Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (selections) [Readings Book E]
		*Part II: The Enlightenment: Criticism and Crisis*
26	W	LECTURE: Extensions and Excesses of the Enlightenment Dream (Cheryl Hughes)
28	F	Romantic Prose and Poetry [Readings Book G]
31	M	John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (selections) [Readings Book H]
Feb 2	W	Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments," and "The Solitude of Self" [Readings Book I]
4	F	Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, and The Communist Manifesto (selections) [Readings Book J]
7	M	Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: First Part, The Gay Science, and "On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense" (selections) [Readings Book K]
9	W	Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents (selections)
		*Part III: The Enlightenment-Crises and Reconstruction*
11	F	LECTURE: Steve Morillo
14	M	Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
14, 15	M, T	VIDEO: Alain Resnais, Night and Fog (1955), 30 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb Classroom
16	W	Holocaust Poetry, and Elie Wiesel "A Prayer for the Days of Awe" and Night and Fog (discussion) [Readings Book L]
18	F	Bells from Nagasaki
21	M	United Nations "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" [Readings Book M]
23	W	Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (selections) [Readings Book N]
25	F	Stephen Hawkings, Brief History of Time (selections) [Readings Book O]
28	M	Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
Mar 1	W	Open Day
3	F	Discussion: Thinking about the Enlightenment
		Spring Break 4-12 March
		*Part IV: The African American Experience*
13	M	LECTURE: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Dream Deferred (Peter Frederick)
15	W	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
17	F	Booker T. Washington, "Atlanta Exposition Address" [Readings Book P] and W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 3
20	M	W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapters 1, 11, 13
22	W	LECTURE: Music and Art from the Harlem Renaissance (Joy Castro and Trevor Weston)
24	F	Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (selections), and selected poems by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes [Readings Book Q]
27	M	LECTURE: Malcolm, Martin, and the Black Religious Experience (Michael Brown)
27, 28	M, Tu	VIDEO: Eyes on the Prize (1986), 1 hour and 30 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb
29	W	Eyes on the Prize (discussion)
31	F	The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 1-3, 7, 9-11
Apr 3	M	The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 13-14, 17, 19, pp. 419-39 of Epilogue
5	W	Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" [Readings Book R]
7	F	Alice Walker, "The Welcome Table," James Cone, God of the Oppressed (selections) [Readings Book S], and Say Amen, Somebody (discussion)
10	M	Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Colored People (selections) [Readings Book T]
		*Part V: Thinking about Culture*
12	W	Lecture: What is Culture? (William Placher and Raymond Williams)
14	F	E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Magic, Witchcraft, and Oracles among the Azande (selections) [Readings Book U]
17	M	Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa (selections) [Readings Book V]
19	W	Clifford Geertz: "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" [Readings Book W]
19, 20	W, Th	VIDEO: "Deep Play" at Wabash (1998), 60 minutes. Shown both days at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb
21	F	Elihu Baldwin, "Inaugural Address" [Readings Book X]; "Deep Play" at Wabash (discussion)
24	M	Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind (selections) [Readings Book Y]
26	W	Martha Nussbaum, Cultivating Humanity (selections) [Readings Book Z]
28	F	Discussion & Recapitulation