Syllabus (Draft): here
READ!!!: Posted on October 21, 2016: The White Flight of Derek Black.
Bonus work: (for 5 points max): write a 2 page reflection on the commonalities and differences you see between the conflicts in Rwanda and Yugoslavia according to the documentaries The Weight of Chains and the BBC documentary on the Rwandan Genocide.
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The Neoliberal Arts. (article)
How to live wisely (article)
University of Chicago Strikes Back Against Campus Political Correctness (article)>>>>> read this as well!!!!
Renan, Ernest (1882). What is a nation?
Arendt, Hannah. Chapter 5. The Political Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie. In The Origins of Totalitarianism (123-157). (PDF)
Azibadeh, Arash. Ethnicity, Race and a possible humanity.
Arendt, Hannah. Chapter 9. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man. In The Origins of Totalitarianism. (267-304). (PDF)
Seeing like a State (Chptrs Intro, 1 and 2). James C. Scott.
Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap. 3: The Origins of National Consciousness. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 37-47. (PDF)
Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap.5: Old Languages, New Models. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 67-83. (PDF)
Syllabus (Draft): here