Week 1
Mon. 8/21 Introduction
Act I: The Drama of Politics
Wed. 8/23
Sophocles, "Antigone" (entire) (in CANVAS)
Week 2
Act II: Polity and Power
Mon. 8/28
Aristotle, Politics, Book I, Parts I and II (only)
Balbus, chapter 15
Wed. 8/30
Balbus, chapter 16
Week 3
Mon. 9/4 LABOR DAY
Wed. 9/6
Balbus, chapters 1and 2
Week 4
Act III: Laws and Institutions
Mon. 9/11
Balbus, chapters 3 and 4
Wed. 9/13
Balbus, chapters 6 and 7
Week 5
Act IV: Public and Private
Mon. 9/18
John Locke, “A Letter Concerning Toleration”
Wed. 9/20
Isabelle de Charriere, Letters of Mistress Henley Published by Her Friend (in CANVAS)
Week 6
Mon. 9/25
Meet in Library, room 110
Interact I: Feminism, Social Conservatism, and the Family
Wed. 9/27
Okin, “Justice from Sphere to Sphere: Challenging the Public/Domestic Dichotomy” (CANVAS)
Santorum, “The Necessity of Marriage”
Week 7
Act V: Running the Show
Mon. 10/3
Machiavelli, The Prince, Dedicatory Letter, chapters I-XII
Wed. 10/5
Machiavelli, The Prince, chapters XIII-XXVI
Week 8
Mon. 10/10
In Class: Watch “Richard III”
Wed. 10/12
In Class: Finish “Richard III”
Week 9
Mon. 10/17
EXAM I
ACT VI: Democracy and the Market
Wed. 10/19
Balbus, chapters 9 and 10
Week 10
Mon. 10/24
Balbus, chapters 11 and 12
Wed. 10/26
Balbus, chapters 13 and 14
Week 11
Act VII: Means and Ends
Scene i: Non-Violence
Mon. 10/31
Gandhi, Selected Political Writings, selections (CANVAS)
Wed. 11/2
King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Week 12
Scene ii: Violence
Mon. 11/7
Camus, “The Just” (CANVAS)
Wed. 11/9
Camus, “The Just” (CANVAS)
Fri. 11/11
PAPER DUE BY 5PM (CANVAS)
Week 13
Act VIII: Political Psychology
Mon. 11/14
Balbus, chapters 19 and 20
Wed. 11/16
Balbus, chapters 21 and 22
Week 14
Mon. 11/21
Balbus, chapters 23 and 24
Wed. 11/23
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 15
Mon. 11/28
Balbus, chapters 25 and 26
Wed. 11/30
Balbus, chapters 27 and 28
Wed. 12/7 FINAL EXAM – 1:30pm-4:00pm [check--not available when syllabus was written]