Syllabus and Reading Schedule: Intellectual Heritage 92 Dr

Syllabus and Reading Schedule: Intellectual Heritage 92. Dr. Noah Shusterman. Anderson 213B. 1-4276 [email protected]. Office Hours: Tuesday, 3:00-4:00.
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Syllabus and Reading Schedule: Intellectual Heritage 92 Dr. Noah Shusterman Anderson 213B 1-4276 [email protected]

Office Hours: Tuesday, 3:00-4:00 Thursday, 10:20-11:20 or by appointment

Section 005 TR 8:40-10:00, AC 8 This course will examine the intellectual background of today's world. Issues covered include the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Socialism, Psycho-Analysis, and Totalitarianism. Texts will include philosophical and political treatises, poems, and personal memoirs. Most readings for this course will be in the IH 52 course reader, available at the Temple bookstore. Some other assignments will be available on-line. Note that there is also a website for this course at http://shusterman.free.fr/IH52. This course will also be using blackboard, although this will probably not be used in the first week or so of the semester. Required Texts (available at Temple Bookstore): Temple University Intellectual Heritage 52: Key Readings • Lapenson, Bruce, ed. Uncovering Our Masks: A Freud Reader • Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels. The Communist Manifesto. • Mukherjee, Rudrangshu, ed., The Penguin Gandhi Reader Assignments Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available at the campus bookstore. Readings marked with two asterisks (**) are available on-line. Week 1: Introduction. John Locke and the Enlightenment 29 August: Introduction 31 August: Locke, "Second Treatise" (selections): Key Readings (KR)*, 3-34 Week 2: John Locke and the Enlightenment (continued) 5 September: Locke, continued: KR 35-68 7 September: Rousseau, "Discourse on Political Economy"** Week 3: The Enlightenment in Europe and America 12 September: Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" KR 93-97; Voltaire, selections from the Philosophical Dictionary** 14 September: The Bill of Rights, KR 73-75; Declaration of the Rights of Man** Response paper 1 due in class

Week 4: The Spread of the Enlightenment 19 September: Wollstonecraft, "A Vindication of the Rights of Women;" Mott and Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments;" KR 99-113; 115-118 21 September: Douglass, "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July;" KR 119-138 Week 5: Romanticism 26 September: Blake, Wordsworth, selections; KR 147-152; 164-166 (and handout) 28 September: Essay 1 due, either in Class or prior to class via electronic submission Week 6: Romanticism (continued) 3 October: Baudelaire, Selections (handout) 5 October: Whitman, selections; KR 191-206 and handout; Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California" (handout) Week 7: Dickinson; Darwin 10 October: Dickinson, selections; KR 181-189 Response paper 2 due in class 12 October: Darwin, On the Origin of the Species; KR 211-260 Week 8: Darwin (cont); Midterm 17 October: Darwin, The Descent of Man; KR 261-272 19 October: MIDTERM Week 9: Marx and Socialism 24 October: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto, parts I & II 26 October: Communist Manifesto, Parts III & IV Week 10: Marx and Socialism (cont.); Freud and Psychoanalysis 31 October: Lenin and Luxeburg, selections** Response paper 3 due in class 2 November: Lapenson, ed., Uncovering Our Masks (UOM)*, 1-29 Week 11: Freud and Psychoanalysis (cont.) 7 November: UOM, 68-85 9 November: UOM 85-94, 131-138 Response paper 4 due in class Week 12: Colonization; Ghandi and Decolonization 14 November: Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"** 16 November: Mukherjee, Penguin Ghandi Reader*, pp. 5-66. Week 13: Essay, Thanksgiving Vacation 21 November: Essay 2 due, either in Class or prior to class via electronic submission Week 14: Ghandi and Decolonization (cont) 28 November: Mukherjee, pp. 92-136. 30 November: Du Bois, "Souls of Black Folks"; De Beauvoir, "The Second Sex," KR 295-315.

Week 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. 5 December: King, et. al., "Public Statement," "Letter from Birmingham Jail," KR 315329 14 December: Final Exam (8:30-10:30) All exams are held in the normal classrooms. --------------------------

Course Requirements The requirements for this course are as follows: 1. Attendance and participation in group discussions. Students are expected to come to class prepared, and to take part in the discussions. Participation in group discussions and activities is a requirement of this course. A significant number of absences, chronic lateness, or a frequent lack of familiarity with the day's readings will lower a student's grade. 15% of the final grade. 2. Response papers and other short writing assignments. There will be several short, relatively informal writing assignments (1-2 pages) over the course of the semester. These are meant to lead into class discussion, and must be on time. 10% of the final grade 3. Papers. There will be two paper assignments over the course of the semester. Each will be based on the group readings, and be 1500-2000 words long. (This is roughly equivalent to 5-7 pages of double-spaced text using Times New Roman). Each paper is worth 20% of the final grade. 5. Midterm and Final Exams. 15% and 20% of the final grade, respectively. -------------------------Other notes, policies, etc: • Late essays will be penalized 1/3 of a grade per day, unless other arrangements are made ahead of time. When papers are due in class, this penalty begins at the start of class. Papers submitted electronically must be received before the class begins. • Essay revision for an improved grade will only be allowed in certain circumstances, and requires my prior approval. The final grade for that paper will be an average of the two grades. • Students should submit their essays electronically, via blackboard (turnitin) and via email. • Response papers must be on-time, or will not receive credit.

• The grading for class participation is the hardest to quantify, but there are some guidelines. More than two absences will lower your grade. More than four absences will make it very difficult to receive a passing grade in the class. If the absences are unavoidable, you may make up one or two classes by meeting with me during office hours to go over the material you missed. Please be sure to meet with a fellow student beforehand, to review their notes on the class discussion. • Cases of plagiarism will be reported directly to the University Disciplinary Committee. Students must familiarize themselves with Temple’s policy on academic honesty. • Cell phones and the like must be turned off during class. • Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed through the following link: http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=03.70.02 • This course is open to all students who meet the academic requirements for participation. Any student who requires accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the situation at the beginning of the semester. Where appropriate, accommodations for students with documented disabilities will be made in coordination with the Disability Resources and Services office (100 Ritter Annex, 215-204-1280).