Note: This tentative schedule is obviously crazy. We'll do our best to stick with it, but don't be surprised if we need to rearrange some things. Please read and be prepared to discuss the readings (with talking points) on the day that they are due. All papers except the last one will be read in class and then handed in to me. The last one will be sent both to me and to the class via email.

1. August 31-- Introduction/orientation.

2. September 7 -- The Joke

3. September 14 -- Leff, Gronbeck, Poulakos, Biesecker, Geisler, Ballif, Vitanza

4. September 21 -- Artifact Papers and Group Psychology, pp. 6-39

5. September 28 -- On the Genealogy of Morals, Essays I and II

6. October 5 -- Gender Trouble, Ch 1-2

7. October 12 -- Gender Trouble, Ch 3 and Conclusion

8. October 19 -- S/R Paper 1 (on Butler or Nietzsche)

9. October 26 -- At Odds With AIDS

10. November 2 -- Crack Wars, Ch 1-3

11. November 9 -- Crack Wars, Ch 4-6 and "Trauma TV"

12. November 16 -- S/R Paper 2 (on Düttmann or Ronell)

13. November 23 -- Levinas, "Substitution"

14. November 30 -- On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness

December 7 -- S/R paper 3 (on Levinas or Derrida) handed in to me and circulated via email