Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Q&A #4: Family Life and Schooling

1. Read: Chapters 9 & 10 (in Anton and Schmitt, eds.); and "The Communist Manifesto" (in Tucker, ed.).

2. a. Write a dialogue between a defender and critic of socialism on either the topic of care work or education (with sufficient references to the text and literature).  If you choose this option, no CRITO outline required.

Here's a sample dialogue for those seminarians who requested it:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LufUz9BTaM8KnrG6fM2OUxx5SGRCAOtYd0AHZtc2tOc/edit?usp=sharing&authkey=CKn36NoJ


or b. Submit to me on email your own proposal for this next writing assignment.

Due: 11/9


Friday, October 5, 2018

Q&A #3: Equality and Socialist Feminism

1. Read: Chapters 3 & 4.

Supplemental background on socialist feminism:

https://jacobinmag.com/2018/07/socialist-feminism-barbara-ehrenreich

Q: Are "status egalitarians" right to suppose that capitalism is not necessarily (but merely actually) sexist and racist?  What are the implications for socialist (status + economic) egalitarians (and for socialist feminists in particular)?

or

(As I said in class today) compose your own Q and send it to me in an email for approval.

Due: 10/26