HMXP 102-002 Calendar (Spring 2018)

This calendar includes 26 readings from the anthology (excluding Bird and those assigned to small groups on 3/6), plus additional material by Bernstein, Marx, Rodriguez, and Targ.

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You must bring the readings to class on the assigned days. That includes the Common Book, Spare Parts.

Date / Day # and Reading / Writing
T 1/9 / 1) Introduction to the course; Bird, “How to Read Critically,” vi-vii (read in class)
R 1/11 / The Self and Education
2) Hiner, “Critical Thinking and the Techno Brain,” 209-15; Newman, “The Idea of a University,” 27-28;
T 1/16 / 3) Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave,” 3-6.
R 1/18 / 4) We will discuss how to write your papers today. Look over these linked documents before coming to class:
  • “How To Write the College Essay”
  • “Paper One Slide Show”
  • “How to Revise a Thesis”
  • “Guidelines for Papers and Suggested Topics”
  • “Greshki”
  • “Get Straight on This Stuff”
  • “Questions To Guide Your Writing Process”

T 1/23 / 5) Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” 172-75
R 1/25 / 6) Lakoff and Johnson, “Metaphors We Live By,” 7-11; Bohm, “On Communication,” 14-16. Who will volunteer papers for our writing workshop?
T 1/30 / 7)Bernstein,Living in the Borderland: The evolution of consciousness and the challenge of healing trauma, xv-xix and 3-14: print, read, and mark the text; bring a copy to class; Targ, “Banned TED Talk about Psychic Abilities” (watch it before class:
R 2/1 / 8)Writing Workshop: Read the two papers before class; bring them to class.
T 2/6 / The Autonomous Self
9) Plato,Apology, 29-42.Handout. / Paper 1 due
R 2/8 / 10) No class—professor will be off campus today.
T 2/13 / 11) Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion,” 53-56
R 2/15 / 12) Emerson, “Self-Reliance,” 69-74.Handout.
T 2/20 / 13) The Self and Community: The Social Self
Myers, “Ingroup and Outgroup,” 99-100; Du Bois,The Souls of Black Folk, 129-33
R 2/22 / 14)Bellah, “Why Do We Need a Public Affairs Mission?—The Moral Crisis in American Public Life,” 123-28; and Nussbaum, “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism,” 115-22
T 2/27 / The Self and Community: Diversity and the Other
15) Rodriguez, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood,” 155-64;“The Achievement of Desire”: print, read, and mark the text; bring a copy to class.
R 3/1 / The Self and Community: Alienation
16) Common Book Day:Spare Parts. Who will volunteer papers for our writing workshop?Spare Partshandout.SPHandout Page 2.
T 3/6 / 17)Group presentations:
Group 1: Friedman, “The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom,” 57-64
Group 2: McIntosh, “White Privilege and Male Privilege,” 140-47; andLoury, “Free at Last?” 134-39
Group 3: Donne, “Meditation 17,” 109-10
Group 4: “The Declaration of Independence,” 65-68; “The Bill of Rights,” 75-76; “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” 111-14
Group 5: Camus, “The Myth of Sisyphus,” 275-77
R 3/8 / 18)Writing workshop: Bring a properly formatted copy of your full draft for peer editing. You must have your own full draft to participate.
T 3/13 / Spring Break—no class
R 3/15 / Spring Break—no class
T 3/20 / 19) Kilbourne, “Jesus is a Brand of Jeans,” 165-68; and Swimme, “How Do Our Kids Get So Caught Up in Consumerism?” 169-71. Watch Annie Leonard'sThe Story of Stuff: We will watch the following video in class: Handout.
R 3/22 / 20) Marx, “The Alienation of Labor (1),” 176-81;The Communist Manifesto
T 3/27 / The Self and Nature
21) Quinn, “An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit,” 202-08 / Paper 2 due
R 3/29 / 22) Orr, “Love It or Lose It: The Coming Biophilia Revolution,” 226-30
T 4/3 / 23) Frost, “Birches,” 12-13; Eiseley, “The Secret of Life,” 238-46
R 4/5 / The Self and Sacred
24) Lewis,Mere Christianity, 264-69; and Peterson et al., “Religious Diversity,” 252-63
T 4/10 / 25) Tillich, “What Faith Is,” 247-51
R 4/12 / 26) Crawford, The Case for Working With Your Hands, 43-52; and Moore, “The Sacred Arts of Life,” 278-83
T 4/17 / 27)Writing workshop/peer editing: You must bring a draft of your paper to class (it must be at least 4 full pages for you to participate).
R 4/19 / 28) We will do the course evaluation (bring your gizmo: laptop, tablet, or phone) and will talk about the final examination. Today is our final class day.
M 4/23 / Bring your final paper to my office, BANC 258, by 5:00 today. Slide it through the mail slot in the door. Be sure to staple and to submit the paper to Turnitin.com. / Paper 3 due
F 4/27 / Final examination: Friday, April 27, at 3:00 in our usual classroom. 11:30.