8 Mon.Oct.24 Age of -Notion of progress -Excerpts from Hegel, Lectures on the to and evolutionary social Philosophy of History “Spiritual” Sun.Oct.30 Science thought -Marx and Engels, The Communist and Rise of Manifesto Social Science 9 Mon.Oct.31 Reform or -Development of -Excerpts from Marx, Capital, vol.1 to capitalism and -Excerpts from Bernstein, The Sun.Nov.6 revolutionary Preconditions of Socialism consciousness -Excerpts from Lenin, -The social democratic movement in Germany and the rise of communism in Russia 10 Mon.Nov.7 Warning to -True Human Nature? Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents to Political Freud’s warning to Sun.Nov.13 Philosophy socialists -How can we prevent the apocalypse? 11 Mon.Nov.14 Freedom of -Why freedom of JS Mill, On Liberty to Speech speech is the single Marcuse, Tolerance” “Repressive Sun.Nov.20 and its most important issue Critiques in liberal democracy 12 Mon.Nov.21 Thanksgiving Recess to Sun.Nov.27 13 Mon.Nov.28 Temptation -How violence works King, from a Birmingham Jail” “Letter to of Violence in addressing the X, or the Bullet?” “Ballot Sun.Dec.4 political agenda -Is violence necessary in some circumstances? 14 Mon.Dec.5 End of -Human rights issues Fukuyama, End of History?” “The to History? and triumph of liberal Huntington, Clash of Civilizations?” “The Sun.Dec.11 democracy -Can we end the suffering on Earth? 15 Mon.Dec.12 -Concluding to Where discussion Wed.Dec.14 Are We -Talk about students’ Going? own projects
8 Mon.Oct.24 to Sun.Oct.30 Age of “Spiritual” Science and Rise of Social Science -Notion of progress and evolutionary social thought -Excerpts from Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History -Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto 9 Mon.Oct.31 to Sun.Nov.6 Reform or -Development of capitalism and revolutionary consciousness -The social democratic movement in Germany and the rise of communism in Russia -Excerpts from Marx, Capital, vol.1 -Excerpts from Bernstein, The Preconditions of Socialism -Excerpts from Lenin, 10 Mon.Nov.7 to Sun.Nov.13 Warning to Political Philosophy -True Human Nature? Freud’s warning to socialists -How can we prevent the apocalypse? Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents 11 Mon.Nov.14 to Sun.Nov.20 Freedom of Speech and its Critiques -Why freedom of speech is the single most important issue in liberal democracy JS Mill, On Liberty Marcuse, “Repressive Tolerance” 12 Mon.Nov.21 to Sun.Nov.27 Thanksgiving Recess 13 Mon.Nov.28 to Sun.Dec.4 Temptation of Violence -How violence works in addressing the political agenda -Is violence necessary in some circumstances? King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” X, “Ballot or the Bullet?” 14 Mon.Dec.5 to Sun.Dec.11 End of History? -Human rights issues and triumph of liberal democracy -Can we end the suffering on Earth? Fukuyama, “The End of History?” Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations?” 15 Mon.Dec.12 to Wed.Dec.14 Where Are We Going? -Concluding discussion -Talk about students’ own projects