Monday, February 07, 2005
- DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC
Lecturer: Eduard van de Bilt
And it's back to the classroom! Prof. van de Bilt devoted the introduction of the course to the reading list. He repeatedly asked us not to take more than twenty minutes for each presentation. The emphasis should be on a discussion centered on the central questions raised by the book.
Presentations should include some background info on the author and on the historical context of the book. We should state any problems we had with the book, like things we don't understand. Here's the reading list:
. Week 2, February 14. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
. Week 3, February 21. Idem.
. Week 4, February 28. Walter Lippmann. Public Opinion (1922)
. Week 5, March 7. John Dewey. The Public and its Problems (1927)
. Week 6, March 14. Sigmund Freud. Civilization and its Discontents (1930)
. Week 7, March 21. Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique (1963)
. Week 8, March 28. No session
. Week 9, April 4. Jürgen Habermas. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1989)
. Week 10, April 11. Jean-Luc Nancy. The Inoperative Community (Essay 1) (1991)
. Week 12, April 18. Anonymous (Joe Klein). Primary Colors (1996)
. Week 12, April 25. Robert Putnam. Bowling Alone (2000)
. Week 13, May 2. No session.
. Week 14, May 9. Individual meetings.
Lecturer: Eduard van de Bilt
And it's back to the classroom! Prof. van de Bilt devoted the introduction of the course to the reading list. He repeatedly asked us not to take more than twenty minutes for each presentation. The emphasis should be on a discussion centered on the central questions raised by the book.
Presentations should include some background info on the author and on the historical context of the book. We should state any problems we had with the book, like things we don't understand. Here's the reading list:
. Week 2, February 14. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
. Week 3, February 21. Idem.
. Week 4, February 28. Walter Lippmann. Public Opinion (1922)
. Week 5, March 7. John Dewey. The Public and its Problems (1927)
. Week 6, March 14. Sigmund Freud. Civilization and its Discontents (1930)
. Week 7, March 21. Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique (1963)
. Week 8, March 28. No session
. Week 9, April 4. Jürgen Habermas. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1989)
. Week 10, April 11. Jean-Luc Nancy. The Inoperative Community (Essay 1) (1991)
. Week 12, April 18. Anonymous (Joe Klein). Primary Colors (1996)
. Week 12, April 25. Robert Putnam. Bowling Alone (2000)
. Week 13, May 2. No session.
. Week 14, May 9. Individual meetings.
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