Jan. 4 Introduction: Welders vs. Philosophers the Philosophers vs. Welders The Atlantic Emily Richmond, “The Reality Behind Debate,” (November 2015), In-class Discussion: Social and the Legacy of Republic “Roles” Plato’s Jan. 11 Through and and Justifications of the Humanities “Thick” “Thin”: Definitions Your in (2008) and the Save the World on Your Own Time Stanley Fish, “Do Job” “Will Humanities Save (January 2008), The New York Times Us?”, for Profit, Education for and Martha Nussbaum, “Education Democracy” “Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the in Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Arts” (2010) Humanities In-class Discussion: and of Humanistic Value “Think” “Thin” Philosophies Jan. 18 the Use? What’s and in (2013) The Value of the Humanities Helen Small, “Use Uselessness” In-class Discussion: Social Utility and False Dilemmas Recommended Reading: Wilfred M. McClay, Burden and Beauty of the in “The Humanities” (Winter 2008-9). American Educator Jan. 25 A Short History of the Humanities There Progress in the and from the Rens Bod, “Was Early Modern Humanities?” “Insights Humanities that Changed the from (2013) A New History of the Humanities World” In-class Discussion: How are the Humanities and the Sciences Different? Recommended Reading: is Immanuel Kant, “What Enlightenment?” First Response Paper DUE Feb. 1 Are the Humanities in Crisis? the Crisis in the in New Literary History Geoffrey Galt Harpham, “Beyond Humanities” (2005) In-class Discussion: A Real or Imagined Crisis? Recommended Reading: the Humanities: Proposals for a New David A. Bell, “Reimagining in (2010) Dissent Century” Feb. 8 Reconsidering the of the Humanities “Social” Role of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Bruno Latour, “Why Has Critique Run Out in (2004) Critical Inquiry Concern” In-class Discussion: The Humanities and Mechanisms of Change Recommended Reading: Kathleen Woodward, Future of the Humanities in the Present “The and in in (Winter 2009). Daedalus Public” Feb. 15 Recap and Intro. to Sustainability
Jan. 4 Introduction: Welders vs. Philosophers Emily Richmond, “The Reality Behind the Philosophers vs. Welders Debate,” The Atlantic (November 2015), In-class Discussion: Social “Roles” and the Legacy of Plato’s Republic Jan. 11 Through “Thick” and “Thin”: Definitions and Justifications of the Humanities Stanley Fish, “Do Your Job” in Save the World on Your Own Time (2008) and “Will the Humanities Save Us?”, The New York Times (January 2008), Martha Nussbaum, “Education for Profit, Education for Democracy” and “Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts” in Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (2010) In-class Discussion: “Think” and “Thin” Philosophies of Humanistic Value Jan. 18 What’s the Use? Helen Small, “Use and Uselessness” in The Value of the Humanities (2013) In-class Discussion: Social Utility and False Dilemmas Recommended Reading: Wilfred M. McClay, “The Burden and Beauty of the Humanities” in American Educator (Winter 2008-9). Jan. 25 A Short History of the Humanities Rens Bod, “Was There Progress in the Early Modern Humanities?” and “Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World” from A New History of the Humanities (2013) In-class Discussion: How are the Humanities and the Sciences Different? Recommended Reading: Immanuel Kant, “What is Enlightenment?” First Response Paper DUE Feb. 1 Are the Humanities in Crisis? Geoffrey Galt Harpham, “Beyond the Crisis in the Humanities” in New Literary History (2005) In-class Discussion: A Real or Imagined Crisis? Recommended Reading: David A. Bell, “Reimagining the Humanities: Proposals for a New Century” in Dissent (2010) Feb. 8 Reconsidering the “Social” Role of the Humanities Bruno Latour, “Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern” in Critical Inquiry (2004) In-class Discussion: The Humanities and Mechanisms of Change Recommended Reading: Kathleen Woodward, “The Future of the Humanities in the Present and in Public” in Daedalus (Winter 2009). Feb. 15 Recap and Intro. to Sustainability
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