Hum 4: Enlightenment, Romanticism, Revolution (1660-1848)

Quarter: Winter 2015 Room: CSB 002
Professor: Eric Watkins Time: MWF 11:00-11:50
Office: H&SS 8062 Tel: (858) 822-0082

Office Hours: Monday 10:00-11:00 & by appt.
Course Webpage: http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/ewatkins/HUM4W2015/Hum4W15.html

E-mail: Ewatkins@ucsd.edu
   
   
TAs: Michael Kenny
 Danny Weltman
E-mail: mikenny@ucsd.edu
 dweltman@ucsd.edu
Office: GH 173 A
 H&SS 7054
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-4:00
 Tuesday 4:00-6:00
   
Reading Assignments (subject to change)  
1-5 Introduction pdf
1-7 The Scientific Revolution (no reading) pdf
1-9

Locke, Second Treatise of Government (1690), Chapters 1-5, (pp. 7-30)

pdf
     
1-12 Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chapters 7-11, 19 (pp. 42-53, 65-74, 107-124)
1-14 *Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, §10 (1748) pdf
1-16 *Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, §11
   
1-19 No class (Marin Luther King Jr. Day)
1-21 Voltaire, Candide (1759) pdf
1-23 Voltaire, Candide, cont.
    First Paper Prompt
1-26 Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) (pp. 33-65) (pp. 39-75 in second edition)
 pdf
1-28 Rousseau, On the Social Contract (1762) (pp. 141-159, 160-166) (pp. 156-176, 178-185 in second edition)
 pdf
1-30 Rousseau, On the Social Contract (pp. 173-186, 192-195, 197-208, 220-227) (pp. 191-205, 212-215, 218-230, 243-252 in second edition)
  
     
2-2 Introduction to 18th and early 19th Century Music - Visiting speaker/performer Mike Slayen (For more info, see: mikeslayen.com)
 First Paper Due
2-4 Goethe, The Sufferings of Young Werther (1774) pdf
2-6 Goethe, The Sufferings of Young Werther, cont.  
     
2-9 *Lessing, "The Education of Mankind," "On the Origin of Revealed Religion," "The Religion of Christ" (1778) pdf
2-11 *Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" & "Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose" (1784) pdf
2-13 *Kant, Groundwork for a Metaphysics of Morals (1783), Section 1 (selections) pdf
   
2-16 No class (President's Day)
2-18 *Kant, Groundwork for a Metaphysics of Morals (1783), Section 2 (selections)
2-20 *Kant, Continued and concluded Second Paper Prompt

   
2-23 French Revolution, *Sieyes "What is the Third Estate?", "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen", "Declaration of the Rights of Woman" pdf
2-25 *Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794), Letters 1-9 pdf
2-27 *Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794), Letters 21-24

 
3-2 Introduction to 17th, 18th, and early 19th Century Art Second Paper Due
3-4 *Declaration of Independence (1776), *Madison, "Federalist Papers" X & LI (1787) & *U.S. Constitution (1787/91) pdf
3-6 *Schleiermacher, On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers (1799) Chapter 1 in Course Reader, Chapter 2 is here pdf
     
3-9 *Novalis, "Faith and Love," "Fragments from the Notebooks" (1798) pdf
3-11 *Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" (1807)
3-13 Conclusion
   
3-16 Final Exam (11:30-2:20)  
* indicates that reading is contained in the Course Reader  


Required Texts:
Goethe, Johann. The Sufferings of Young Werther. New York: Norton, 1970.
Locke, John. Second Treatise of Government. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1980.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Basic Political Writings. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1987.
Voltaire. Candide and Related Texts. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2000.
Dornan & Dawe, The Brief English Handbook, 7th ed. New York: Pearson & Longman, 2004.

A required Course Reader is available from University Readers (800-200-3908 or www.universityreaders.com).

Course Requirements:
(1) regular attendance at lecture and section;
(2) preparation for, and participation in, weekly discussion section;
(3) completion of two 5-7 page papers;
(4) a final exam.

Final grades will be assessed as follows: first paper: 20%; second paper: 30%; final exam: 35%; section: 15%

Other Information:
1. Honor Code. The Academic Honor Code must be observed in this course.

Additionally, students agree that by taking this course all required papers will be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site.

2. If accommodations are needed for a disability or religious reasons, please notify me during the first class period or as soon as possible.