HR100B: Ideas that Shaped the West
Fall 2010
Monday and Thursday 12:30-1:45
Wednesday 12:00-12:50
The Dying of Transcendence
Syllabus
(Subject to revision)
Wednesday, September 1: Introduction
Thursday, September 2: Medieval Morality Play “Everyman”
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Monday, September 6: Labor Day—University Holiday
Wednesday, September 8: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes)
Thursday, September 9: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 2
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, September 13: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Wednesday, September 15: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, September 16: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, September 20: Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy; Spinoza, Ethics
Lecture: Dr. Epstein & Dr. Keenan (75 minutes)
Wednesday, September 22: Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy; Spinoza, Ethics
Lecture: Dr. Epstein & Dr. Keenan (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, September 23: Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy; Spinoza, Ethics
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, September 27: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Wednesday, September 29: Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 2-3
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes)
Thursday, September 30: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, October 4: Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 5-6
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 6: Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 7-8
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, October 7: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, October 11: Columbus Day—University Holiday
Tuesday, October 12 [Monday classes meet]: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 10
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 13: Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 11-12
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, October 14: Locke, Selections from Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (75 minutes)
Monday, October 18: Locke, Selections from Essay Concerning Human Understanding; Pope, "Essay on Man"
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 20: Pope, "Essay on Man"
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (25 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, October 21: Marx and Engels, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”; Schmitt, "Introduction to Marx and Engels"
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (75 minutes)
Monday, October 25: Marx and Engels, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”; Schmitt, "Introduction to Marx and Engels"
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Wednesday, October 27: Marx and Engels, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”; Schmitt, "Introduction to Marx and Engels"
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (50 minutes)
Thursday, October 28: Marx and Engels, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”; Schmitt, "Introduction to Marx and Engels"
Discussion: (75 minutes- Student leaders)
Monday, November 1: Marx and Engels, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”; Schmitt, "Introduction to Marx and Engels"
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (75 minutes)
Wednesday, November 3: Darwin, "Natural Selection" (from Origin of Species); Gould, "The Panda's Thumb"
Discussion: (50 minutes)
Thursday, November 4: Darwin, "Natural Selection" (from Origin of Species); Gould, "The Panda's Thumb"
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, November 8: Levins and Lewontin, “Adaptation” (from The Dialectical Biologist)
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (50 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Wednesday, November 10: Sober, “Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism”
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (50 minutes)
Thursday, November 11: Sober, “Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism”
Discussion: (75 minutes)
Monday, November 15: Gray, "Death of the Gene: Developmental Systems Strike Back"
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (50 minutes)
Discussion: (25 minutes- Student leaders)
Wednesday, November 17: Gray, "Death of the Gene: Developmental Systems Strike Back"
Discussion: (50 minutes)
Thursday, November 19: Poetic Responses - Tennyson
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (40 minutes)
Discussion: (35 minutes)
Monday, November 22 Poetic Responses - Dickinson
Lecture: Dr. Epstein (40 minutes)
Discussion: (35 minutes)
Wednesday, November 24 Thanksgiving Recess
Thursday, November 25 Thanksgiving Recess
Monday, November 29: Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals and The Anti-Christ
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (75 minutes)
Wednesday, December 1: Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals and The Anti-Christ
Discussion: (50 minutes)
Thursday, December 2: Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals and The Anti-Christ
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (25 minutes)
Discussion: (50 minutes)
Monday, December 6: Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
Lecture: Dr. Keenan (25 minutes)
Discussion: (50 minutes)
Wednesday, December 8: Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
Discussion: (50 minutes- Student leaders)
Thursday, December 9: Conclusion: Ingmar Bergman,“The Seventh Seal”
PAPER II DUE
Tuesday, December 14, 8:00 AM: Final Oral Exams