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Reading Schedule
Week 1
September 28 – Rousseau’s Second Discourse – Exordium; Part I, §§1-24 and note 9 (p. 130-144, 197-204)
September 30 – Second Discourse – Part I, §§33-53 and note 15; Part II, §§1-18 (p. 149-167, 218)
Week 2
October 3 – Second Discourse – Part II, §§19-58 (p. 167-188)
October 5 – Wealth of Nations – Introduction and Plan of the Work (p. xxiii-xxvi); Book 1, Chapters 1-3 (p.
3-23)
October 7 – Wealth of Nations – Book 1, Chapter 4-5 (p. 24-43)
Week 3
October 10 – Wealth of Nations – Book 1, Chapter 6-7 (p. 53-72)
October 12 – Wealth of Nations – Book 1, Chapter 8 (p. 73-99)
October 14 – Wealth of Nations – Book 1, Chapter 9 (p. 100-113), Chapter 11 Conclusion (p. 284-288)
Week 4
October 17 – Wealth of Nations – Book IV, Chapter 9 (p. 745-746); Book 5, Chapter 1 (p. 819-846);
Conclusion (p. 876-78)
October 19 – Marx and Engels – Communist Manifesto (p. 473-491, 499-500)
First paper topics due on Chalk by 10 pm
October 21 – Marx – Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 (p. 70-86)
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Reading Schedule (continued)
Week 5
October 24 – Marx – Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 (p. 87-98); Grundrisse (p. 222-226)
October 26 – Marx – Grundrisse (p. 236-244); German Ideology (p. 149-163, 172-174)
October 28 – Marx – Capital (p. 302-312, 319-329)
First paper due on Chalk by 8 pm
Week 6
October 31 – Marx – Grundrisse (p. 247-250); Capital (p. 329-336, 384-403)
November 2 – Marx – Capital (p. 403-417)
November 4 – Marx – Capital (p. 422-438)
Week 7
November 7 – Marx – Grundrisse (p. 278-293)
November 9 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Introduction (p. xxviii-xlii) and Chapter 1 (p. 3-12)
November 11 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Chapter 2 (p. 13-38)
Paper revisions due on Chalk by 8 pm
Week 8
November 14 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Chapter 3 (p. 39-50), Chapter 4 (p. 51-56)
November 16 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Chapter 4 (p. 56-80)
November 18 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Chapter 4 (p. 80-101)
Week 9
November 21 – Weber – The Protestant Ethic, Chapter 5 (p. 102-125)
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Reading Schedule (continued)
November 23 – This American Life, episode 355; episode 390 – Prologue and Act 2; episode 365 – Prologue
and Acts 1-3
Second paper topics due on Chalk by 10 pm
Week 10
November 28 – This American Life, episode 382; Fresh Air, ‘How the financial crisis created a new third
world’
November 30 – This American Life, episode 403; episode 405 – Prologue and Act 1
Final Papers due on Chalk by December 9th at 10 pm
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