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danjacob@rutgers.edu Department of Political Science 790:316:02 Politics, Literature, and the Arts: Utopias and Dystopias Fall 2016 Tuesdays 5:35-8:35, Hickman Hall 132 Office Hours: Tuesdays 4pm-5pm, Hickman Hall 305 Politics, Literature, and the Arts Utopias and Dystopias This course will assess how utopian and dystopian societies have philosophically and artistically developed from Plato to The Matrix. We will ground our investigations in political theory and history, and use films, music, and literature to augment our understandings of the social, economic, and political makeups of utopias and dystopias. Particular attention will be paid to linking the various thematic elements involved to judge how contemporary society functions in accord, especially in light of political traditions including anarchism, socialism, fascism, etc. Grading will be based on facilitating one discussion meeting with a peer, two examinations (one in-class, one take home), and active class participation. Required readings Francis Bacon, A New Atlantis (1624) Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward (1887) Stephen Eric Bronner, Ideas in Action Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents (1930) Erich Fromm, Marx’s Concept of Man Isaac Kramnick (ed.), The Portable Enlightenment Reader Herbert Marcuse, Eros and Civilization (1955) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) Thomas More, Utopia (1516) Plato, The Republic (380BCE) George Orwell, 1984 (1949) Carl Schmitt, Political Theology Yevgeny Zamyatin, We (1924) Film, Television, and Music Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore, 2004-2009) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1972) Equilibrium (Kurt Wimmer, 2002) Gattacta (Andre Niccol, 1997) Lifehouse Chronicles (Pete Townshend, 2000) Lost (J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and Damon Lindelof, 2004-2010) The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999) Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan, 1967-1978) Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973) Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013) Star Trek (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Nicholas Meyer, 1991) The Trial (Orson Welles, 1963) V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006) Year Zero (Nine Inch Nails, 2007) COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 (September 6) Introduction Film: The Matrix
Plato, The Republic (selections) Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 6 Film: Metropolis Week 3 (September 20) Scriptural readings tbd Film: Lost (6x15)
More, Utopia Bacon, A New Atlantis Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 19 Film: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Condorcet, “The Future Progress of the Human Mind,” in The Portable Enlightenment Reader Turgot, “On Progress,” in The Portable Enlightenment Reader Rousseau, “Discourse on the Origins of Inequality,” in The Portable Enlightenment Reader Rousseau, The Social Contract, in The Portable Enlightenment Reader Kant, “Perpetual Peace,” in The Portable Enlightenment Reader Film: Gattacta
Fromm, Marx’s Concept of Man Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 7 Film: Snowpiercer
Bellamy, Looking Backward Film: Sleeper
Schmitt, Political Theology Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 8 Film: The Trial Week 9 (November 1) Zamyatin, We Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 9 Film: Blade Runner Week 10 (November 8) Freud, Civilization and its Discontents Film: Equilibrium
Orwell, 1984 Film: V for Vendetta
Marcuse, Eros and Civilization Bronner, Ideas in Action, Ch. 14 Film: A Clockwork Orange Week 13 (December 6) Moore and Gibbons, Watchmen Film: The Prisoner (pilot)
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