CHID 110 A: The Question of Human Nature

         IN THE OFT-REFERENCED BUT RARELY                                                                                                                    
                        READ 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT WE                                                                                                                      
                        FIND A STARTLING CONCLUSION IN                                                                                                                      
                        THE FINDINGS OF 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." THIS COURSE                                                                                                                           
                        EXPLORES SOME HISTORICAL IDEAS OF                                                                                                                   
                        WHAT IT MEANS TO SUFFER A FAILURE                                                                                                                   
                        OF IMAGINATION, HIGHLIGHTING THE                                                                                                                    
                        SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTWORKS AND THE                                                                                                                    
                        CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE                                                                                                                         
                        IMAGINATION AS A HUMAN CAPACITY                                                                                                                     
                        GENERALLY FOR MAKING SENSE OF AND                                                                                                                   
                        ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS OF OUR                                                                                                                      
                        CURRENT MOMENT, ONE CHARACTERIZED                                                                                                                   
                        BY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC                                                                                                                           
                        IMPERATIVES TO "RE-IMAGINE" JUST                                                                                                                    
                        ABOUT EVERYTHING.