Work and the Human Condition

9/27

Workshop: Ideas of work

9/29

Lectures: Critical reading
(Susan and Stephen)

Seminar on Arendt, preface and Chapter 1

10/4

Lecture: The Place of Homer in Greek Society (Stephen)

Seminar on Carr, chapters 1 & 2

10/6

Workshop on Labor, Work and Action (from Arendt)

Seminar on Odyssey, Books I-X

10/11

Lecture: The Bible as literature and cultural artifact (Susan)

Seminar on Odyssey, Books XI-XVI

10/13

Seminar on Odyssey, Books XVII-XXIV and MacIntyre, chapter 10

10/18

Seminar on Genesis and Exodus

Workshop: Reflection on concepts of work in readings from antiquity

10/20

Liberal Arts Forum: Joint meeting with other Evening & Weekend Studies programs.

10/25

Lecture on Aristotle (Stephen)

Seminar on Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, sections 1-5, 7-9 and 13; Books II and III, all; MacIntyre, chapters 11 and 12

10/27

Lecture on Epictetus and his historical context(Stephen)

Seminar on Arendt, chapter 2

11/1

Lecture on The Book of Job as an existential novel (Susan)

Seminar: Arendt, chapter 3

11/3

Seminar: Book of Job and Epictetus, The Handbook

11/8

Lecture on the middle ages

Seminar: MacIntyre, chapters 13, 14 and 15

11/10

Video on "Racism and White Privilege" (Allan Johnson)

11/15

Lecture on Defoe and Robinson Crusoe (Susan)

Seminar on Robinson Crusoe, first half

11/17

Workshop with Mark Harrison

Seminar on Robinson Crusoe

11/22

NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/24

NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/29

Workshop with Mark Harrison

12/1

Seminar on Arendt, chapter 4; Carr, TBA

12/4 - All Day Class: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

12/6

Activities: Readings from integrative essays; reflective workshop

Assignment: Integrative essays

12/8

Program potluck