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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
political science
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof David Ricci
Coordinator Office Hours:
appointment - via 02-5337578
Teaching Staff:
Prof David Ricci
Course/Module description:
This course examines a republican form of citizenship as in America rather than a nationalist form of citizenship as in Israel and many European countries
Course/Module aims:
General education about the history of political thought
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Upon completing this course, students will understand how the concept of citizenship is linked to vital political realities such as sovereignty, the social contract, and civil rights.
Attendance requirements(%):
Attendance is absolutely required. Failure to attend and participate in discussions will result in failure to receive credit for the course.
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
This course will consist of group discussions, every two weeks, based on required readings for each discussion.
Course/Module Content:
I. Defining citizenship.
II. Greece.
III. Rome plus the revival of citizenship.
IV. The American Founders.
V. From republicanism to democracy.
VI. Clashes, complexities, and frictions concerning citizenship - the Civil War to World War I.
VII. The rise of consumerism.
VIII. G.N.P. and ecology.
IX. Social limits and the new politics.
X. Marketing and television.
XI. Constructive thinking.
XII. A new/old paradigm.
XIII. Is good citizenship possible?
Required Reading:
I. Defining citizenship.
1. David Ricci, Good Citizenship in America (Cambridge, 2004),
Chapter 1, "The Concept of Citizenship," pp. 3-18.
II. Greece.
2. Richard Livingstone (ed.), Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, "Funeral Oration" [Winter of 431-430 B.C.] by Pericles (New York: Oxford, 1960), pp. 109-117.
3. Ernest Barker (ed.), Aristotle, The Politics [c. 330 B.C.], (New York: Oxford, 1958), pp. 92-111, 262-267, 300-303.
4. "The Crito" [c. 400-390 B.C.], in A. D. Lindsay (introd.), Plato & Xenophon: Socratic Discourses (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910),
pp. 350-364.
5. Sophocles, "Antigone," in L. R. Lind (ed.), Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translation (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957), pp. 83-109.
III. Rome plus the revival of citizenship.
6. David Ricci, Good Citizenship in America, Chapter 2, "Early Civic Ideas," pp. 19-48.
7. Michael Walzer, The Revolution of the Saints (Cambridge: Harvard, 1965), pp . 1-21, 300-320.
8. "The Mayflower Compact" [1620], in Clarence Ver Steeg and Richard Hofstadter (eds.), Great Issues in American History (New York: Vintage, 1969), pp. 73-74.
9. " Common Sense" [1776], from Howard Fast, The Selected Work of Tom Paine (New York: Modern Library, 1943, 1945), pp. 3-31.
IV. The American Founders.
10. "A Declaration [of Independence, 1776]," in Edward Smith and Harold Spaeth (eds.), The Constitution of the United States (orig., 1956; New York: Barnes and Noble [Harper and Row], 1987), 26-30.
11. Madison and Jefferson on separation of church and state, in Wilson and Donald Drakeman (ed.), Church and State in American History (New York: MJF Books, 2003), pp. 63-69.
12. "Constitution of the United States" [1789], in Smith and Spaeth,
ibid., pp. 41-66.
13. "The Federalist No. 10" [1787], in Edward Earle (ed.), The Federalist (New York: Modern Library, 1937), 33-62.
V. From republicanism to democracy.
14. Gordon Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (New York: Vintage, 1991), pp. 169-225.
15. Selections from the franchise debates (1820-1830) and speeches by President Andrew Jackson (1829, 1832), in Alpheus T. Mason (ed.), Free Government in the Making, 4th ed. (New York: Oxford, 1985), pp. 368-391.
16. Henry David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" [1849], in Carl Bode (ed.), The Portable Thoreau (New York: Viking, 1947), pp. 109-137.
17. Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" [1863] and "The Second Inaugural Address" [1865], in Dianne Ravitch (ed.), The American Reader (New York: HarperPerennial, 1991), pp. 149-153.
VI. Clashes, complexities, and frictions concerning citizenship - the Civil War to World War I.
18. "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" [1848], in Dianne Ravich (ed.), The American Reader (New York: HarperPerennial, 1991), pp. 83-85.
19. "The Producer Must Retain What He Produces" [1893] and "The Omaha Platform" [1892], in Normal Pollack (ed.), The Populist Mind (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967), pp. 57-66.
20. David Ricci, Good Citizenship in America, Chapter 5, pp. "The Challenge to Good Citizenship," pp. 109-133.
21. Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth (Cambridge: Harvard, 1962), pp. 14-49.
VII. The rise of consumerism.
22. William Leach, Land of Desire (New York: Vintage, 1993),
pp. 3-38.
23. "The Backward Art of Spending Money" [1912], in Wesley Mitchell, The Backward Art of Spending Money (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1937), pp. 3-19.
24. Selections from Franklin Delano Roosevelt [1932-1941], in Alpheus T. Mason (ed.), Free Government in the Making, 4th ed. (New York: Oxford, 1985), pp. 666-698.
VIII. G.N.P. and ecology.
25. E. J. Mishan, "Ills, Bads, and Disamenities: The Wages of Growth," in Mancur Olson and Hans Landsberg (eds.), The No-Growth Society (New York: Norton, 1973), pp. 63-87.
26. Kenneth Boulding, "The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth" [1966], and Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" [1968], in Garrett Hardin (ed.), Population, Evolution, and Birth Control, 2nd ed. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1969), pp. 115-119, 367-381.
27. Donella Meadows, et al., The Limits to Growth (New York: Universe, 1972), pp. 25-87.
IX. Social limits and the new politics.
28. "Introduction: The Argument in Brief" and "A Duality in the Growth Potential," from Fred Hirsch, Social Limits to Growth (Cambridge: Harvard, 1978), pp. 1-26.
29. Robert Westbrook, "Politics as Consumption," in Richard Wightman and T. J. Jackson Lears (eds.), The Culture of Consumption (New York: Pantheon, 1983), pp. 145-173.
30. John Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies, 2nd ed., (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), pp. 10-20. (1st. ed., 1984)
X. Marketing and television.
31. Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death (New York: Penguin, 1985), pp. 83-98.
32. Neil Postman and Steve Powers, How To Watch TV News (New York: Penguin, 1992), pp. 97-127.
33. Sut Jhally and Justin Lewis, Enlightened Racism (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 1-33.
34. Susan Strasser, Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Making of the
American Mass Market (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1987),
pp. 3-28, 286-291.
35. Robert Putnam, "The Strange Disappearance of Civic America," in Robert Kuttner (ed.), Ticking Time Bombs (New York: New Press, 1996), pp. 263-285.
XI. Constructive thinking.
36. Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action (Cambridge: Harvard, 1965), pp. 5-16.
37. Joseph Schumpeter, on "creative destruction" in Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, 3rd. ed., (New York: Harper, 1947), pp. 81-86. (1st. ed., 1942)
38. David Ricci, Good Citizenship in America, Chapter 8, "Constructive Thinking," pp. 223-252.
XII. A new/old paradigm.
40. David Ricci, Good Citizenship in America, Chapter 9, "The Primacy of Politics," pp. 253-294.
XIII. Is good citizenship possible?
41. Joseph Schumpeter, on "democracy" in Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy 3rd ed., (New York: Harper, 1947), pp. 250-283. (1st. ed., 1942)
42. Michael Walzer, "A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen," Obligations (Cambridge: Harvard, 1970), pp. 229-238.
43. Robert Alejandro, "Impossible Citizenship," in Karen Slawner and Mark Denham (eds.), Citizenship After Liberalism (New York: 1998),
pp. 9-32.
44. Clyde Wilson, "Citizens or Subjects," in Robert Whitaker (ed.), The New Right Papers (New York: St. Martin's 1982), pp. 107-127.
Additional Reading Material:
None
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 100 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Teacher will speak Hebrew or English when necessary. Students will chose to speak during discussions in English or Hebrew
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