SOC341 - Sixties Politics: Lessons for the Present

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Sixties Politics: Lessons for the Present
SOC 341 FA

In many ways the political actions of the 1960s, world-wide, were as much a failure as a success. Most agree that social and global structures changed then. Few agree whether the changes were for the better or the worse. Still, there are lessons to be learned from an era that has been called "revolutionary." This seminar will study the history of the 1960s in order to rethink the theory and practice of political action directed toward progressive social change in the 2000s.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected texts from THE SIXTIES PAPERS: DOCUMENTS OF A REBELLIOUS DECADE, including:
SDS, PORT HURON STATEMENT;
Casey Hayden & Mary King, SEX AND CASTE;
Malcolm X, BALLOT OR THE BULLET;
Frantz Fanon, WRETCHED OF THE EARTH;
Ho Chi Minh, WE SHALL WIN
Other texts to be announced.
Plus various secondary texts describing the global and domestic political situation in the 1960s.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

The major assignment will be to devise and write a "Port Huron Statement" for the 2000s. Also: group projects, weekly writing, and discussion. The class should not be taken by anyone not interested in political action and ready to be engaged in serious study of the past for the purpose of rethinking the future.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Participation, therefore, attendance is required, along with reader and writing (of which a good bit).

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: SOC152 OR SOC151

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Lemert,Charles C.

Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: PAC422;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: X FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006