AFTER COLONIAL EMPIRES
Wednesday, November 5
28. Tradition and Modernity.
Today's Assumption: Traditional Society is as Logical as Modern Society
I have put your Second Reflective Essay Question Here. It is due next Wednesday by Class Time
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Friday, November 6
29. Discussion Section.
Discussion #9. Finish discussing, Vaclav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
Monday, November 10
30. The Enduring Legacy of Colonialism
Today's Assumption: The collapse of the colonial empires had brutal and
paradoxical consequences.
Rudyard Kipling: “The White Man’s Burden” (Reader)
Walker, Martin, "The Making of Modern Iraq,"
Wilson Quarterly, 27 (2) , Spring, 2003. HESBURGH LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESERVE
Baram, Amatzia, "Broken Promises," Wilson Quarterly, 27 (2), Spring, 2003. HESBURGH LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESERVE
Film III: “Mr.
Johnson”
Monday, November 10, at 7:00 in 131 DBT
or Tuesday, November 11, at 7:00 in 101 DBT
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Wednesday, November 12
31.
The Sensible Logic of Peasant
Society.
Today's Assumption: The organization of peasant societies makes good sense
when there is a Limited Good.
George Foster: "Peasant society and the image of the limited
good” PRINT AND READ
Sara Sidner, "Brothers share wife to secure family land" PRINT AND READ
Friday, November 14
32. Discussion Section.
Discussion #10: Is traditional society inferior to modern society? What
does traditional society have to do with Notre Dame?
Read: du Lac: A
Guide to Student Life, University of Notre Dame, pp. 3-8, 90-98.
When you look up the words “in loco parentis” in the
dictionary, you find this site: HERE For more about the concept of
“in loco parentis”: Gott v. Berea College
Monday, November 17
33.
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 should be indifferent to the plight of the poor.
Carolina Maria de Jesus: Child of the Dark. Read at
least the first half of the book, if not all of it.
Linden:
"The Exploding Cities" (Reader)
Wednesday, November 19
34.
Generals as Protectors; Dictators as Prophets.
Today's Assumption: Western policymakers frequently rationalize life under dictatorial regimes (e.g., Saudi Arabia) as a political necessity. We forget or ignore the fact--tragically--that it's harder to live under these regimes.
Disappearances and torture: "Argentina: Waves from the Past" and "Gallery of Argentinian Torturers and Killers"
Francisco Rodriguez, “Venezuela’s Empty Revolution,” Foreign Affairs (Reader)
Friday, November 21
35. Discussion Section.
Discussion #11: Are the poor just like us? Are their conceptions of politics different than ours? What are the different ways of
answering these questions?
