Summer 2018 Full-term
Meeting:
MW 2:20pm - 4:30pm / THO 101
SLN:
10738
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
THE PROBLEM OF IMAGINATION:
AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
(VLPA)
IN THE OFT-REFERENCED YET RARELY
READ 9-11 COMMISSION REPORT, WE
FIND A STARTLING CONCLUSION IN
THE RESULTS PRESENTED BY THE
COMMITTEE TASKED WITH CRITICAL
EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
THE LEAD-UP TO THE CATASTROPHE:
NAMELY, THAT THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP
WAS A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION. THE
IDEA THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, A
COLLECTIVITY, OR AN ENTIRE
CULTURE COULD SUFFER A FAILURE OF
IMAGINATION, VARIOUSLY
INTERPRETED, SUFFUSES MANY OF OUR
PROBLEMS TODAY, FROM OUR
DIFFICULTIES WITH REIMAGINING ALL
SORTS OF INSTITUTIONS AND
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, TO OUR
INABILITY TO SEE THAT WHICH DOES
NOT SHOW UP ON BALANCE SHEETS OR
BODY SCANS.
Catalog Description:
Considers the relationship between the individual and his/her culture. Traces the evolution of the notion of human nature in Europe and the United States and compares this tradition with representations of the human being from other cultural traditions.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
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