Tentative Reading Schedule
Honors Core Seminar – Global Studies and Ethics
Fall 2009
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8/25
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Introduction to class |
Introductions |
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8/27 |
The related environmental and economic crises: The Emergence of the World Capitalist System Reading: The Vulnerable Planet...Intro, 1, 2 |
Locke…..Selections from the Second Treatise on Government….Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 as well as 6, 7, 8, and 9 (pp.461-466 and 474-485 in Cahn’s Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy) |
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9/1 |
Theories of Development: Modernization, Marx, and Dependency |
Locke…. Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19 in the Second Treatise on Government aw well “Letter Concerning Toleration” (pp. 492-513 in CPMP) |
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9/3 |
Colonialism and the World System Reading: Colonialism, Chapters 1-4
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Locke…..Chapter 5 in the Second Treatise on Government (pp. 467-474 in CPMP) |
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9/8 |
…….Journals Collected…….. Reading: Colonialism, Chapters 5-7 |
Selections from Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (pp. 633-651 in CPMP) |
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9/10 |
Colonialist Ideology and Indigenous Cultures Reading: Colonialism, Chapters 8-9 |
Read on the web:
UN Declaration of
Universal Human Rights and |
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9/15 |
Colonialism and the Environment Reading: The Vulnerable Planet, Chapter 5
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Indigenous Thought – Photocopies…Guest speaker |
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9/17 |
Marx on the Contradictions of Capitalism |
Marx….Selections from the 1844 Manuscripts (pp. 832-839 in CPMP) plus “Summary of the Theory of Alienation” on the website |
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9/22 |
…..Journals collected….. The Industrial Revolution, the Environment and Rise of Environmentalism in the West Reading: The Vulnerable Planet, Chapters 3-4 |
Marx…Selections from The Communist Manifesto (pp 848-859 in CPMP) |
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9/24 |
Discussion and Review of World Systems Theory |
Marx, Selections from The German Ideology (pp. 839- 848 in CPMP) and “Summary of the Theory of Ideology” on the website |
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9/29 |
Exam |
Group meetings |
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10/1 |
Globalization in the Post World War II era Reading: Colonialism, Chapter 10 Also review: |
Overview of Classical Liberalism and its heirs |
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10/6 |
Globalization and Its Discontents: A Liberal Critique of Neoliberal Globalization Reading: Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work, preface-Chapter 3. |
Liberal Perspectives on Distributive Justice….Rawls….Selections from A Theory of Justice, pp. 1038-1058 |
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10/8 |
The History of the Shift from Liberalism to Neoliberalism in the World Economy ……Journals collected…… |
Conservative/Neo-liberal Perspectives on Distributive Justice…. Nozick…. Selections from Anarchy, State, and Utopia, pp. 1064-1074 |
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10/13 |
Trade and Development in the Global System Reading: Stiglitz, Chapters 3 - 4 |
Nozick continued |
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10/15 |
Ownership and Development of Natural Resources Reading: Stiglitz, chapter 5 |
The Right to Healthcare Debate...Read a summary of President Obama's position on healthcare....Read Obama's Speech to Congress |
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10/20 |
Film: The Corporation
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Healthcare debate continued |
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10/22 |
Corporate Power, Debt and Economic Justice Reading: Stiglitz, chapters 7-9.……Journals collected…… |
Marxist Perspectives…. Schweickart’s After Capitalism, Preface, Chapters 1 and 3 |
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10/27 |
Stiglitz continued |
Schweickart continued, Chap. 4 and 5 |
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10/29 |
Stiglitz continued |
Schweickart continued, Chap. 6 and 7 |
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11/3 |
Exam |
Group meetings |
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11/5 |
Film: Bullshit |
Finish discussion of Schweickart |
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11/10 |
Finish Stiglitz |
Overview of debates on the environment….Article from Environmental Philosophy by Singer |
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11/12 |
Contemporary articles on Economics, Agriculture and
the Environment |
Articles from Environmental Philosophy by Leopold and photocopied article by Deloria |
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11/17 |
……..Journals collected…… |
Articles from Environmental Philosophy by Anderson and Leal, Hawken, and O'Connor |
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11/19 |
Contemporary Articles
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Ecofeminism….Article by Cuomo |
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11/24 |
Special Program with Jake Harris at 11:00. |
Shiva’s Earth Democracy, Introduction, Chapters 1 |
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12/1 |
Shiva continued |
Shiva continued |
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12/3 |
Presentations
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Presentations |
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12/8 |
Presentations |
Presentations |
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12/10 |
Exam |
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12/15 |
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Party |
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