Instructor: Hoover (Spring 2008)

• Tues., April 22: Young, "Politics of Difference"

  Previous Assignments

• Thurs., April 17: Handout1  + Handout2 + Phillips. Democracy and Difference
• Tues., April 15: FLUNK DAY intervened
• Thurs., April 10: Barber, "Strong Democracy"
• Tues., April 8: Etzioni, "The New Golden Rule"
• Thurs., April 3: Putnam, "Bowling Alone"
• Tues., April 1: Nisbet, "The Quest for Community"
• Thurs., March. 27: Community, Anarchy and Liberty [pt. 2] (on-line)
• Tues., March. 25: Community, Anarchy and Liberty [pt. 1] (on-line)
• Thurs., March. 20: Wolff, In Defense of Anarchism, pp. 68-82.
• Tues., March. 18: Wolff, In Defense of Anarchism, pp. 27-67.
• Thurs., March. 6: Wolff, In Defense of Anarchism, pp. 3-27
• Tues., March. 4: King, "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 460-469)
• Thurs., Feb. 28: Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 449-460)
• Tues., Feb. 26: EXAM
• Thurs., Feb. 21: REVIEW + Re-Writes Due
• Tues., Feb. 19: "Manifesto..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 227-232)
• Thurs., Feb. 14: Marx, "German Ideology" + "Manifesto..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 215-227)
• Tues., Feb. 12: Marx, "Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts" + "German Ideology" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 204-214)
• Thurs., Feb. 7: No new reading. PAPER DUE
• Tues., Feb. 5: Mill, from "On Liberty" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 296-310)
• Thurs., Jan. 31: Rousseau, from "Social Contract..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 149-164)
• Tues., Jan. 29: Rousseau, from "Social Contract..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 141-149)
• Thurs., Jan. 24: Hobbes, from "Leviathan..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 103-123)
• Tues., Jan. 22: Machiavelli, from "The Prince" and "Discourses..." [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 92-103).
• Thurs., Jan. 17: Plato, "The Crito" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  pp. 48-55.
• Tues., Jan. 15: Plato, "The Republic" [in Garner/Oldenquist, eds.]  (pp. 20-41; esp. 26-41)
• Thur., Jan. 10:  No  Assignments for first class
  
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