POST-COLONIALISM
27. Monday, October 30. Tradition and Modernity..
Today's Assumption: Traditional Society is as Logical as Modern Society
Eickelman, “Bin Laden, the Arab ‘Street’” (Reader, pp. 253-255).
Film III: “Bend it like Beckham”
Tuesday, October 31, 7:00 p.m., in DeBartolo 155
OR
Wednesday, November 1, 7:00 p.m., in Hayes-Healy 127 |
28. Wednesday, November 1. The Enduring Legacy of Colonialism
Today's Assumption: The collapse of the colonial empires had brutal and paradoxical consequences.
M. Walker, “The Making of Modern Iraq” (Reader, pp. 258-264); and Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (Reader, p. 256).
29. Friday, November 3. Discussion Section.
Discussion #10: Is traditional society inferior to modern society? What does traditional society have to do with Notre Dame? Why did you self-select for Notre Dame?
Read: du Lac: A Guide to Student Life, University of Notre Dame, pp. 3-8, 90-92.
Especially if you are thinking about becoming a lawyer, read about the concept of "in loco parentis," in Gott v. Berea College
Your second essay assignment is due Today in your section meeting.
30. Monday, Nov. 6
Today's Assumption: The Organization of Peasant Societies makes Good Sense.
George Foster, "Peasant society and the image of the limited good" (Reader, pp. 265-281).
31. Wednesday, Nov. 8. Inescapable Poverty and the Politics of Courage, Despair, and Anger.
Today's Assumption: Being poor is a way of life for most people in the world. No student at the University of Notre Dame can afford to be indifferent to the poor.
Linden , "The Exploding Cities" (Reader, pp. 282-288); Child of the Dark , read at least the first half of the book, if not all of it.
32. Friday, Nov. 10 Discussion Section.
Discussion #11: Should we care about the poor? If so, how? Is politics the solution or charity?
33. Monday, Nov. 13. Generals as Protectors; Dictators as Prophets.
Today's Assumption: It's easy for outsiders to rationalize life under authoritarian rule.
Finish Child of the Dark; and read excerpt from R. Rosenberg, Children of Cain (Reader, 289-296); and A. Baram, “Broken Promises” (Reader, pp. 313-318).
The Silk Revolution in Thailand (September 2006)
Thai Coup and South East Asia
34. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Societies of Anger, Ressentiment, and Genocide.
Today's Assumption: Politics and anger have always gone hand and hand, but there is something new about this anger over the last couple centuries.
Gourevitch, selections from We Wish to Inform you that Tomorrow we will be Killed. (Reader, 297-312).
35. Friday, November 17. Discussion Section.
Discussion #12: What do genocide and ethnic cleansing say about the nature of human beings?
We will not have class during the week of Thanksgiving break (November 20 - 24): I will be abroad.
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