Week 1 – Readings and Lecture
What is the Humanities?
Week 2 – Readings and Lecture
Angela Davis: The Trauma of Racism I
Davis, Autobiography, pp. pp. vii-74
Week 3 – Readings and Lecture
Angela Davis: The Trauma of Racism II
Davis, Autobiography, pp. 75-114.
Week 4 – Readings and Lecture
Plato: The Trauma of Reason I
Plato, Last Days of Socrates (Crito), pp pp. 71-80.
Week 5 – Readings and Lecture
Plato: The Trauma of Reason II
Plato, Last Days of Socrates, pp 81-92.
Week 6 – Lecture and Readings
Bhagavad Gita: The Trauma of War I
Bhagavad Gita, Intro – Chapter 8
Week 7 – Readings and Lecture
Bhagavad Gita: The Trauma of War II
Bhagavad Gita, chapters 8-18
Week 8 – Readings and Lecture
Machiavelli: The Trauma of War I
Machiavelli, Art of War, Preface-Book III
Week 9 – Readings and Lecture
Machiavelli: The Trauma of War II
Machiavelli, Art of War, Book IV-Book VII
Week 10 – Readings and Lecture
Addressing Trauma: Boethius
Boethius, Consolation
Week 11 – Readings and Lecture
Addressing Trauma: Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Week 12 – Readings and Lecture
Addressing The Trauma of Colonialism I
Leanne Simpson, Dancing on our Turtle’s Back
Week 13 – Readings and Lecture
Addressing The Trauma of Colonialism II
Leanne Simpson, Dancing on our Turtle’s Back
