Part I: Classical Conservatism Tuesday, February 11: Reading: and the excerpts from “Society, Reverence, ‘True Natural Aristocracy’” and Reflections on the Revolution in France Appeal from the Old to the Edmund Burke’s as from New Whigs, “Conservatism Reaction” excepts Joseph de Maistre’s and Considerations on France Study on Sovereignty Thursday, February 13: Reading: by Michael Oakeshott, “On Being Conservative” “Ten Conservative Principles” from Liberalism and The Politics of Prudence, Russell Kirk’s “Modern Cultural Decline” from Slouching Toward Gomorrah Robert Bork’s Part II: Neoconservatism Tuesday, February 18: Reading: by in a “The Neoconservative Persuasion” Irving Kristol, “Standing Strong excerpt from Dr. Newsletter, Confused Culture” James Dobson’s Dobson’s “The Conservative Crack-Up” by W. James Antle III, Explore website for the Faith and Freedom Coalition: Thursday, February 20: Reading: Power of (available here: ), (available “The Marriage” “Freedom Loses One” here: ), , (available here: ), Nudge “The Underlying Tragedy” “The Solitary Leaker” “The (available here: ) by David Brooks Debate” First Paper Due at Noon! Socialism and Communism Part I: From More to Marx Tuesday, February 25: Reading: excerpt from Thomas to the Inhabitants of Utopia, “Utopia” More’s “Address New by Robert Owen, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Lanark” “The Communist Manifesto” Engels, the Materialist Conception of from Karl A Contribution to “On History” Marx’s the Critique of Political Economy Part II: From Marx to Occupy Thursday, February 27: Reading: by and “Evolutionary Socialism” Eduard Bernstein, “Revisionism, Imperialism, excerpts from by V.I. Lenin, Permanent Selected Works Revolution” “The Revolution” by Leon Trotsky, the Democratic by Mao Zedong “On People’s Dictatorship”
Part I: Classical Conservatism Tuesday, February 11: Reading: “Society, Reverence, and the ‘True Natural Aristocracy’” excerpts from Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France and Appeal from the Old to the New Whigs, “Conservatism as Reaction” excepts from Joseph de Maistre’s Considerations on France and Study on Sovereignty Thursday, February 13: Reading: “On Being Conservative” by Michael Oakeshott, “Ten Conservative Principles” from Russell Kirk’s The Politics of Prudence, “Modern Liberalism and Cultural Decline” from Robert Bork’s Slouching Toward Gomorrah Part II: Neoconservatism Tuesday, February 18: Reading: “The Neoconservative Persuasion” by Irving Kristol, “Standing Strong in a Confused Culture” excerpt from James Dobson’s Dr. Dobson’s Newsletter, “The Conservative Crack-Up” by W. James Antle III, Explore website for the Faith and Freedom Coalition: Thursday, February 20: Reading: “The Power of Marriage” (available here: ), “Freedom Loses One” (available here: ), “The Underlying Tragedy” , “The Solitary Leaker” (available here: ), “The Nudge Debate” (available here: ) by David Brooks First Paper Due at Noon! Socialism and Communism Part I: From More to Marx Tuesday, February 25: Reading: “Utopia” excerpt from Thomas More’s Utopia, “Address to the Inhabitants of New Lanark” by Robert Owen, “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, “On the Materialist Conception of History” from Karl Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy Part II: From Marx to Occupy Thursday, February 27: Reading: “Evolutionary Socialism” by Eduard Bernstein, “Revisionism, Imperialism, and Revolution” excerpts from Selected Works by V.I. Lenin, “The Permanent Revolution” by Leon Trotsky, “On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship” by Mao Zedong
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