ClassInfo - Fall 2019 Anthropology Classes

Fall 2019 | ANTH 1918 Section 001: Justice? (34529)

Instructor(s): Aisha Ghani
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019

Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 430
Enrollment Status:: Open (19 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2023

Course Catalog Description:

What is justice, and how do we know it? Where does it begin and end? And, who gets to decide? Is justice a stable concept that can be applied universally, or a socially constructed (and therefore unstable) category that should only be approached in contextually specific ways? This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of justice. Students will be exposed to a variety of texts - in philosophy, political science and economy, religion, anthropology, literature and law - and contexts from which conceptions of justice have emerged and/or been challenged. As the title of this course, suggests, students will not merely be tracing the history and development of "justice," but also identifying and interrogating its conceptual limits.

Class Description:

If we examine the history of this concept- from classical philosophical and religious texts, to the courtroom contestations, protests, social movements of today - we find that the idea of justice is as resilient as it is elusive. Yet, it continues to be important today. Why? This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of justice. Students will be exposed to a variety of texts - in philosophy, political science and political economy, religion, anthropology, literature and law - and contexts (both historical and contemporary) in which the concept of justice has been raised, theorized and challenged. As the title of this course suggests, students will not only be tracing a variety of genealogies of justice, but also interrogating its conceptual limits. This course is divided in three parts.

Grading:

Participation: 25%

Leading Discussion: 10%

Journals: 20%

Midterm: 20%

Final Project: 25%

Class Format:

discussion based seminar

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34529/1199

Syllabus:

http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/aghani_ANTH1918_Fall2019.docx

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

13 August 2019

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