Political Courage and Time
CHUM 316
Spring 2006
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01
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| Crosslisting:
GOVT 394 |
What is courage, and how does it relate to hope and fear? Courage involves acting well in the face of danger to the self: how do we react to fear of danger, and is hope necessary to act well? We will read classical writings of Greek and Jewish political thought to see how courage developed from a military quality to a civil or political virtue, and then to a philosophic or religious one. Are present-oriented people the most free to act? What is courage's relation to concepts of time? We will study Christian and modern secular interpretations to see whether a strong sense of the future or the past limits courage or empowers it. Throughout, we'll be focusing on courage in politics and its possibilities today. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Ethical Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Plato, REPUBLIC, LACHES
Hebrew Bible, DEUTERONOMY (parts), JOSHUA, I, II SAMUEL, ESTHER
Augustine, CONFESSIONS
Maimonides, ETHICAL WRITINGS
K. Marx & F. Engels, COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, and Marx, "Value, Price & Profit"
F. Nietzsche, H. Arendt (selections)
E. Husserl, PHENOMENOLOGY OF INTERNAL TIME-CONSCIOUSNESS
M. Heidegger, "Time and Being"
M. Walzer, REVOLUTION OF THE SAINTS
N. Levin, WHILE MESSIAH TARRIED
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class presentation and short paper; midterm paper (5-7 pp.); term paper (10-15 pp.) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Some background in social and political theory--from GOVT, PHIL, CSS, COL, HIST, RELI, SOC, ANTH, ENGL-- is helpful. |
| Instructor(s): Schwartz,Nancy L. Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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