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Texts available in the bookstore:
Stephen Mitchell (ed.), Gilgamesh (Free Press, 2004).
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Oxford Univ. Pr., 2008).
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, The RSC Shakespeare (Modern Library, 2009).
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 Canvas or on line elsewhere (check the section I Canvas site first):
Descartes and Locke on people and animals (handout as 1up PDF, 2up PDF, or booklet PDF)
Juan Carlos Gómez, “Are Apes Persons? The Case for Primate Intersubjectivity” (PDF)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1831 edition in HTML format).
Augustine, Confessions, books 1 and 2 (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)
Plato, Republic, selections (514a-517a, 519b-520e) from book 7 (handout 1up, 2up, booklet)
Protest songs (details below)
EQ standards (the lyrics PDF on Canvas also has links to these): 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); Dead Kennedys, “Holiday in Cambodia” (on YouTube)
Student requests: LH—“Somewhere in the world it’s midnight,” Street Sweeper Social Club (on YouTube—link to lyrics); HW—“We Don’t Care,” Kanye West (on YouTube—link to lyrics); RG—“Fuck Tha Police,” N.W.A (on YouTube—link to lyrics); DS—“Changes,” Tupac Shakur (on YouTube—link to lyrics); CB—“(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!),” Beastie Boys (on YouTube—link to lyrics); MO—“Free My Soul,” Big K.R.I.T. (on YouTube—link to lyrics)
David H. Freeman, “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” The Atlantic—on line at the magazine’s website
Showings:
Blade Runner—movie, showings 2/3 (7:30 in Center 216) and 2/4 (7:30 in Korb = M120, Fine Arts Center, and 9:00 in Hays 104)
Rabbit-Proof Fence—movie, showings 4/13 (4:00 in Center 216) and 4/15 (7:30 in Korb = M120, Fine Arts Center, and 9:00 in Hays 104)
Food, Inc.—movie, link to a streaming version from the course Canvas site