A History of Civil Disobedience
COL 109
Fall 2012 not offered
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Crosslisting:
PHIL 224 |
This course will explore some classic readings on civil disobedience and nonviolent political resistance in literature and philosophy. We will examine connections between some key moments in the history of intellectual thought in 4th to 5th-century BCE Athens and in the 19th to 20th centuries. The lives of Socrates, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr., will be the focus of our study, though we will also read works of Greek tragedy (Sophocles), comedy (Aristophanes), and history (Thucydides), and writings by Thoreau, Tolstoy, and Orwell from the modern period. The course will conclude by examining the use and relevance of civil disobedience in the 21st century. |
Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL |
Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (PHIL)(PHIL-Philosophy)(PHIL-Social Jus) |
Major Readings:
Sophocles, ANTIGONE Thucydides, excerpts from HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Aristophanes, LYSISTRATA, CLOUDS Plato, APOLOGY, CRITO Thoreau, selected writings Tolstoy, LETTER TO A HINDU, and excerpts from THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU Gandhi, excerpts from HIND SWARAJ and THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH Orwell, REFLECTIONS ON GANDHI Martin Luther King, Jr., LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL, and selected writings
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Examinations and Assignments: Two papers and weekly reading assignments |
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