HJS 310. International Perspectives on Justice
Prof. Kyoo Lee, 524 West 59th St. Rm 8.63.15, Dept. of Philosophy, John Jay College, CUNY
Office Hours: By Appointment
I. INTRODUCTION: A LOOK AT IN/JUSTICE TODAY
09/17 A Planetary Opticalization/Reterritorialization of the World: A Philosophical Introduction
Supplementary Read: Paul Virilio, Excerpts, The Information Bomb
09/24 The Problem of Global Justice: Free, Fun and Fair?
Supplementary Read: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop (video)
10/01 Who Are We? And Where Are We?
Supplementary Read: Kelly Oliver, Seeing Race, Witnessing: Beyond Recognition
II. IN/JUSTICE AND OUT/LAWS: SPIRIT AND EMBODIEMENT
10/22 The Code of Hammurabi and the Spirit of Laws
10/29 Confucianism and the Spirit of Laws
11/05 Criminology as Lovemaking: An African Perspective
III. IN/JUSTICE AND NON/VIOLENCE: WAR, CONQUEST AND RESISTANCE
11/12 Sunzi's Art of War and Bhagavad Gita: An Ethics of War
Supplementary Read: Sacred Texts, Timeline
11/19 Student Research Presentation/Writing Workshop
11/26 Student Research Presentation/Writing Workshop
12/03 Student Research Presentation/Writing Workshop
12/10 Student Research Presentation/Writing Workshop