Culture and Ethnic Identity (Fall 2018)

Syllabus (Draft): here!!!!

The Neoliberal Arts. (article)

The White Flight of Derek Black. (article)

What is education for? (article)

How to live wisely (article)

University of Chicago Strikes Back Against Campus Political Correctness (article)

White Supremacists by Default (article)

Soul Snatchers: How the NYPD’s 42nd Precinct, the Bronx DA’s Office, and the City of New York Conspired to Destroy Black and Brown Lives  (article)

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Crenshaw, Kimberlé (1989). Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics

Renan, Ernest (1882). What is a nation?

Arendt, Hannah. Chapter 5. The Political Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie. In The Origins of Totalitarianism (123-157). (PDF)

Azibadeh, Arash. Ethnicity, Race and a possible humanity.

Arendt, Hannah. Chapter  9. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man. In The Origins of Totalitarianism. (267-304). (PDF)

Seeing like a State (Chptrs Intro, 1 and 2). James C. Scott.

Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap. 3: The Origins of National Consciousness. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 37-47. (PDF)

Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap.5: Old Languages, New Models. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 67-83. (PDF)

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Bonus work: (for 5 points max): write a 2 page reflection on the commonalities and differences you see between the conflicts in Rwanda and Yugoslavia according to the documentaries The Weight of Chains and the BBC documentary on the Rwandan Genocide.