Texts available in the bookstore:
Stephen Mitchell (ed.), Gilgamesh (Free Press, 2004).
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Oxford Univ. Pr., 2008).
Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore (Spiegel & Grau, 2011).
Plato (Grube, tr.), The Trial and Death of Socrates (Hackett, 2000).
Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory (Penguin Books, 1990).
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen (DC Comics, 1986).
Philip Ivanhoe (tr.), The Daodejing of Laozi (Hackett, 2001).
William Placher, The Tradition We Inherit (Wabash College, 2009).
Texts and other material on Moodle or on line elsewhere (check the section E Moodle site first):
artists’ self portraits (PDF)
Descartes and Locke on people and animals (1up PDF, 2up PDF, booklet PDF)
Christine Korsgaard, “Facing the Animal You See in the Mirror” (PDF)
Augustine, Confessions, books 1 and 2 (PDF)
René Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 1 and 2 (1up PDF, 2up PDF, booklet PDF)
Peter Berger, “Sociological Perspective—Society in Man,” ch. 5 of Invitation to Sociology (PDF)
V. S. Ramachandran, “The Neurons That Shaped Civilization,” ch. 4 of The Tell-Tale Brain (PDF)
Irving Goffman, selections from “Regions and Region Behavior,” ch. 3 of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (PDF)
Plato, Republic, selections (514a-517a, 519b-520e) from book 7 (1up, 2up, booklet)
Protest songs
EQ standards: lyrics PDF on Moodle also has links
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (on YouTube)
Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam” (on YouTube)
Eric Bogle, “Green Fields Of France” (on YouTube)
Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind” (on YouTube)
Rage Against the Machine, “Sleep now in the Fire” (on YouTube)
Arrested Development, “Mr. Wendel” (on YouTube)
Bob Marley, “Get up, Stand up” (on YouTube)
Sweet Honey in the Rock, “More Than a Paycheck” (on YouTube)
Student requests:
Lupe Fiasco, “Words I Never Said” (on YouTube)—LK
John Lennon, “Imagine” (on YouTube)—CD
Woody Guthrie, “This Land is Your Land” (on YouTube)—KW
Mos Def, “Mathematics” (on YouTube)—KM
John Lennon, “Give peace a chance” (on YouTube)—RA
Peter, Paul and Mary, “Where have all the flowers gone?” (on YouTube)—KT
Merle Haggard, “That's The News” (on YouTube)—RS
The Irish Rovers, “Johnny I hardly knew ye” (on YouTube)—JB
N.W.A., “Fuck The Police” (on YouTube)—EC
Richie Havens, “Handsome Johnny” (on YouTube)—BH
Macklemore, “Same Love” (on YouTube)—SC
CCR, “Fortunate Son” (on YouTube)—SM
Edward Abbey, “Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks” from Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (PDF)
Michael Pollan, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” ch. 16 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma (PDF)
“The story of wheat: Ears of plenty” from The Economist (Dec. 20, 2005) (on line)
Showings and performance:
Blade Runner (movie)
Take Me Out (performance on campus)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (movie)
Food, Inc. (movie)