[We are reading Hobbes. But I think you’ll prefer dealing with him over Rousseau.] Monday: Hobbes, Leviathan, Chs. 17 and 18. Focus question: Who is the Leviathan, and what does Hobbes mean by conceiving of such a person? You should be ready to interpret the section on the bottom of page 109, using the techniques and […]
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Week 4 reading, and extra credit volunteer opportunity Leave a comment
Week 4 Blogging Assignment Leave a comment
For this week, I’d like you to tell me about your experience as a writer and reader just in the last 2.5 weeks. I’ve offered you three questions to guide you, though you can also approach this from a different angle if you choose. However you approach it, write your entry as a post — […]
Conference Groups Leave a comment
Note: comments on all the blog posts are almost up. If you don’t see a comment on your post by 6 p.m., feel free to email me and ask me about it. I call these conference groups because they’ll be the groups that you work with for group conferences on each of your major papers […]
Reading Schedule for Week 3 Leave a comment
During Week 3, you’ll be reading Emma Goldman’s “Anarchy: What It Really Stands For,” in which Goldman harshly criticizes the effects of religion, property, and government on individuals. Today, anarchy is associated with events like the World Trade Convention riots (which took place in downtown Seattle almost a dozen years ago) or the riots […]
New office hours! Leave a comment
Office hours will now be held from 1-2 p.m. on M/W. Chances are pretty good that I’ll be there from 12:30, but not definite. As always, you’re welcome to make an appointment for another time that suits you.
Do you want a photo avatar for your posts? Leave a comment
If so, you can sign up with Gravatar here. You certainly don’t have to, but if you’re interested in building a professional online identity, or starting to build one, depending on where you are in school, then choosing a photograph to associate with your comments is a good idea. Gravatar is a platform used by […]
Week3blog assignment, and blog commenting for Week 2 Leave a comment
For this week, I’d like you to leave comments on at least two of your classmates’ blog posts. A reminder: comments are meant to be substantive, i.e., more than just “this is cool” or “I like this post.” You can review the guidelines for blogging posted above, if it’s helpful. A substantive comment might agree, […]
Reading for Monday, October 3rd. Leave a comment
Kohl, Herbert. “I Won’t Learn From You.” ‘I Won’t Learn From You’: And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment. New York: The New Press, 1995. 1-34. In Week 2, we’ll also be looking at a short essay written by a student who took POL S 201/ENGL 298 last year — but other than that, this […]
Blogging Assignment, Week 2 Leave a comment
[Autumn quarter has 10.5 weeks, rather than the usual 10. Usually, I refer to the first half-week of the quarter as “Week 0” — but I see that Professor DiStefano is using Week 1 for this first half-week, so in order to avoid confusion, I’ll do the same.] This assignment is the first one that […]
Readings and Discussion Questions for Friday, September 30th Leave a comment
The full schedule for this course will be available later today. For Friday, you need to read the following articles: Kee Hinckley: “On Pseudonymity, Privacy, and Responsibility on Google+” Eric Pfanner: “Naming Names on the Internet” Both of these authors are dealing specifically with the issue of Google’s new “real names” policy for Google+, […]