CF 3333 FALL 2005
CLASH OF CULTURES:
1450-1850
Schedule of Meetings and Assignments
Week 1 August 23
DISTRIBUTE CLASH OF CULTURES SOURCEBOOK, Part 0ne
Assignment: “Key Terms;” “Modes of Production;” and “Non State and State Societies” in the Clash of Cultures Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: CF 3333: The World of Institutions [Kemper]
We begin by looking at institutions both as a fact of life and as a field of study. The mechanics of the course will be noted. Of equal importance, we will examine how to study and appreciate the world of institutions. Take note of the concepts of culture, society, and institutions. Ponder the strengths and limitation of the “grid approach” introduced in this lecture.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: The World in 1450: Economic Institutions [Kemper]
This lecture provides an overview of the economic structures, organizations, and perspectives in the world at a time when Europeans were beginning an era of global exploration. The economies of China, Europe, and other civilizations will be considered in terms of the conceptual framework “modes of production.”
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (meet in respective rooms; see list on p. i)
Week 2 August 30
Assignment: Adler chapters 27, 28, and 29; Morgan, “Ancient Society;” “China: Selected Readings” (“The Four Classes” and “The Examination System”) in the Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: The World in 1450: Political Institutions [Carter]
Inca, Ottoman, Chinese, African, and European experiences with state control will be examined. Note the importance of cosmology (ideology) in both guiding and supporting state government.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: The World in 1450: Religious Institutions [Adkins]
In 1500, what institutional systems worldwide addressed the need of human communities to be connected to transcendent realities? How were these religious institutions related to political and social ones?
8:30 p.m.: Lecture: The World in 1450: Social Institutions [Kemper]
This lecture will examine a wide range of social institutions. We will discuss what social institutions are, why they deserve our attention, and how they relate to other institutions.
Week 3 September 6
DISTRIBUTE CLASH OF CULTURES SOURCEBOOK, Part Two
Assignment: Rowe, “Inca Culture at the Time of Spanish Conquest;” Bernal Diaz del Castillo, “The Aztecs;” “Tlingit;” and Morgan, “League of the Iroquois,” in the Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m. to 8:20 pm: Lecture: The “Americas:” I – the Pre-Contact Period [Phinney and Covey]
Mr. Phinney and Mr. Covey will introduce us to the peoples of the New World (North, Central, and South America) as they lived prior to the time of first extensive contacts with European cultures. This brief view of their life ways will provide a background for understanding the coming clash of cultures. We will consider diverse geographical regions in the New World as settings for the development of economic, political, religious, and social institutions.
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (in assigned rooms)
Week 4 September 13
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FIRST ESSAY TOPIC DISTRIBUTED (DUE SEPTEMBER 27)
Assignment: Adler, chapters 23 and 30, and pages 406-407; More, Utopia, Book I, in the Sourcebook.
6: 30 p.m.: Special Presentation “The Buried Mirror”
Well-known Mexican author Carlos Fuentes examines and illustrates the major themes of “The Encounter.”
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Old Meets New: The Encounter [Covey]
Mr. Covey examines the meeting of the peoples of Europe (especially, the peoples of Spain and Portugal) and the diverse peoples of what came to be known as Latin America.
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (be prepared to reflect on the Encounter).
Week 5 September 20
Assignment: “Bull Unam Sanctam;” More, Utopia, Book II, in the Sourcebook. Also, see The Corporatism of the Middle Ages on this website.
6:30 p.m. Lecture: Europe and Christendom [Adkins]
Ms. Adkins reviews the development of European society and culture in the period prior to the Reformation. Note the role of the Roman Catholic Church as a central (“master”?) institution. Consider also the role of medieval corporatism as well as other forces that limited the role of the Papacy and the Church in Europe.
7:30 p.m. Lecture: The Idea of Utopia: Europeans, Perfectibility, and Others [Carter]
We consider Thomas More’s criticisms of England in the early sixteenth century. What is More’s vision of an ideal political, social and economic order? How does Utopia reflect an interest in the voyages of discovery? Do the voyages suggest to Thomas More complications or solutions to the problems of European civilization? What cultural ideal forms a basis for Utopian institutions?
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (be prepared to discuss “Medieval Corporatism” and More’s Utopia)
Week 6 September 27
FIRST ESSAY DUE AT 6:30 P.M.
Assignment: “Hewitt: Pueblos” in Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m to 8:20 p.m.: Lecture: The “Americas” II – Post-Contact Period [Phinney]
Mr. Phinney will deal with the ramifications of European contact with the aboriginal peoples of the New World, with a focus on specific groups in Eastern North America and in the Southwest. In this way, we will be able to assess the influences of the English, the Spaniards, and the Dutch on the lifeways of Indian populations in different geographic settings.
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections
Week 7 October 4
DISTRIBUTE CLASH OF CULTURES SOURCEBOOK, Part Three
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Assignment: Adler, chapter 24; Luther “Selected Readings;” Calvin, “Selected Readings” in Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: The Impact of the Reformation on European Institutions [Adkins]
“By schism rent asunder…” is a line used in a famous hymn on the problems of the Western Church. But the Reformation had a significant impact on political, economic, and social institutions as well.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Impact of the (Counter)-Reformation on the Americas [Covey]
A look at the impact of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism in the Americas during the colonial period.
8:30 p.m.: MIDTERM EXAMINATION (remember: this includes a map quiz)
Week 8 October 11 [Fall Break]
Enjoy the last day of Fall Break (during what would have been our Week 8). Return with a renewed spirit as we consider the “Age of Revolutions” in Europe.
Week 9 October 18
Assignment: Sieyes, “What Is the Third Estate?” DeGouges, “Declaration of the Rights of Woman;” and Adler, chapters 25, 26, 31, 32, and 33
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: The Age of Revolutions: Institutions Under Attack [Carter]
Give heed as we 1) define what is meant by revolution, 2) create a framework for analyzing revolution and 3) trace the history of the Glorious Revolution and note the dynamics of the French Revolution.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Toward "Independence" in the Americas [Covey]
A look at the independence movements in Latin America in the period from the late 18th century to early 19th century.
8:30 p.m.: Lecture: The Growth of Democratic Institutions [Carter]
For fifty minutes we look at our own country as an example, as the first example of a democratic culture. Our guide will be Alexis de Tocqueville. This lecture is designed to help you in your reading of Tocqueville next week.
Week 10 October 25
SECOND ESSAY TOPIC DISTRIBUTED (DUE NOVEMBER 8)
Assignment: Tocqueville, “Democracy in America” in Sourcebook.
6:30 p.m.: Special Presentation: “Hard Times” (Charles Dickens) – approx. 120 minutes.
8:40 p.m.: Discussion: “Hard Times” and Tocqueville, too (remaining together)
Week 11 November 1
Assignment: Adler, chapters 34, 36 and 40; Smith, “The Wealth of Nations;” Dickens, “Slavery” and Dickens, “Lowell and its Factory System;” in Sourcebook
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: Industrial Capitalism, Another Revolution [Adkins]
We consider the changes necessary to economic institutions as capitalism develops in the western world, setting the stage for the growth of industry. The linkage between growing industrialization and urban growth will also be examined, with special emphasis on the quality of life in 19th century Britain.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Economic Institutions: Free and Unfree Labor Systems [Kemper]
We will consider the institution of modern slavery particularly in the Americas, as a response to economic problems encountered by European settlers. This lecture will also take a look at the “free” labor system of 19th century capitalism and will compare these two systems of labor.
8:30 p.m.: Special Presentation: “Gorée: Door of No Return” – followed by a discussion of free and unfree forms of labor. [in the lecture hall]
Week 12 November 8
SECOND ESSAY DUE AT 6:30 P.M.
Assignment: Wallace, “Handsome Lake Religion;” “Crow;” “Letter attributed to Chief Seattle”
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: The “Americas” – III: The National Period [Phinney]
Mr. Phinney will conclude our examination of American Indian populations by considering the state of Indian/European relations in the late 1700s and the 1800s. The geographic focus will be on Eastern North America, the Northwest Coast, and the Plains. Consider the question (raised by Vine DeLoria), “Did Custer Die for Our Sins”? Or, are we still sinning in our continuing destruction of Native America peoples and their worlds?
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (meet in assigned rooms)
Week 13 November 15
Assignment: “Feminism: Working Definitions;” Tristan, “Why I Mention Women;” Grimke, “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Condition of Women;” Weber, “Bureaucracy;” Disraeli, “Two Nations;” Also, review Adler, chapter 40.
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: Another View of Institutions – The Perspective of Gender [Carter]
The two great transformations caused by the democratic revolutions and industrial capitalism served to create new relations between men and women. But the 18th. and 19th.centuries did not see women moving rapidly and steadily toward freedom. Slave and working class women had to find a voice and fashion their own tools for self-liberation.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Social Institutional Analysis: Associations, Class, and Bureaucracy [Phinney]
An examination of the “new” social and economic realities of industrial societies in Europe and America in the 19th century. Also the relationship between Euro-American industrial capitalism and the development of a world economic system in the 19th century will be discussed.
8:30 p.m.: Discussion Sections (meet in assigned rooms)
Week 14 November 22
Assignment: Shaw, “Major Barbara”
6:30 p.m.: Special Presentation: “Major Barbara” (approx. 140 minutes.)
8:55 p.m.: Joint Discussion
We remain together in the lecture hall for a discussion of Shaw’s institutional analysis and to ponder the thrust of his major criticisms of modern British life.
Week 15 November 29
Assignment: Adler, review chapter 34 and read chapter 35. Also, pages 574-575; Spencer, “From Freedom to Bondage;” and Marx and Engels, “The Communist Manifesto.”
6:30 p.m.: Lecture: Ideologies and Institutions in 1850 [Carter]
Tonight we will reflect on the major changes in ideologies and their corresponding institutions since 1450. We examine the emerging ideologies of the mid-19th century – including racism, Marxism, nationalism, and laissez faire capitalism – as these relate to changes in institutional arrangements in European and American societies. Note how Marx tries to give voice to men like Stephen Blackpool and Bill Walker who are without voice and power.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Global Structures and Institutions in 1850 [Kemper]
This lecture offers some “Conclusions” about the diverse institutional transformations suffered by the world’s societies and cultures in the nineteenth century.
8:50 p.m.: Joint Discussion: Preparing for the Final; doing the course evaluation
December 6
6:30 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.: FINAL EXAMINATION (objective questions and map quiz = 1 hour; essay = the rest of the time)
We meet in the lecture hall for map quiz and final examination. This is not a voluntary exercise. (A reminder: No final examination will be scheduled at an earlier time.) See the Final Exam Preparation Guide.
