"Liberty and Justice for All"

Program Calendar

 

Note

This schedule is subject to revision; we will discuss any changes in class. Further details will be forthcoming (e.g., on exact selections from historical sources).


Calendar
Mon Wed

9/26

Program Introduction

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 1

 

9/28

One central contemporary theory: Utilitarianism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 2

10/3

Another central contemporary theory: Liberal Egalitarianism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 3, sections 1-3 and 5

10/5

The Founding Era

Reading: Wood, part I; selections from Locke, Second Treatise of Government Chapters I-V, and chapter VIII, sections 95-100 and 113-122.

 

10/10

The Founding Era, continued

Reading: Wood, part II; selections from Rousseau, The Social Contract Book I, all; Book II, Chapters 1-3.

 

10/12

The Founding Era, concluded.

Reading: Wood, part III; US Constitution of 1787, plus Amendments I-X (Bill of Rights)

10/17

Contemporary theory: Libertarianism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 4

10/19

Liberal Arts Forum, 6-9 p.m., Longhouse.

Reading: "A Liberal Education Is Not A Luxury"

10/24

Contemporary theory: Republican Citizenship

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 7

10/26

Mid-quarter synthesis

10/31

The Reconstruction Era

Reading: Foner, chs. 1-6; speech by Frederick Douglass, "What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?"

11/2

The Reconstruction Era, concluded

Reading: Foner, chs. 7-12

11/7

 

Contemporary theory: Communitarianism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 6, sections 1-6 and 8-11

11/9

Contemporary theory: Multiculturalism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 8

11/14

The Progressive Era

Reading: Dawley, part I; selection from Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program

11/16

First World War and Aftermath

Reading: Dawley, Part II; selection TBA

11/21

NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/23

NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/28

Depression and New Deal

Reading: Dawley, Part III

11/30

Contemporary theory: Marxism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 5

12/5

Contemporary theory: Feminism

Reading: Kymlicka, ch. 9

12/7

Synthesis & Program potluck

 

12/12 - 16

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