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 (Before or After Class)
I. INTRODUCTION: A LOOK AT IN/JUSTICE TODAY
02/02 Administrative Orientation
02/09 A Planetary Opticalization/Reterritorialization of the World: A Philosophical Introduction
Supplementary Read: Paul Virilio, Excerpts, The Information Bomb
02/18 The Problem of Global Justice: Free, Fun and Fair?
Supplementary Read: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop (video)
02/23 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
03/02 The Code of Hammurabi and the Spirit of Laws
03/09 Social Media and (Global) Justice: A Chinese Perspective - Guest-lecture by Dr. Min Zhou, Shanghai Int'l Studies Univ.
03/16 Confucianism and the Spirit of Laws
03/23 Criminology as Lovemaking: An African Perspective
03/30 A Mid-term Individual Conference: Prescheduled visit to Dr. Lee's Writing Clinic, Rm 8.63.15
III. IN/JUSTICE AND NON/VIOLENCE: WAR, CONQUEST AND RESISTANCE
04/13 Sun Tzu's Art of War and Bhagavad Gita: An Ethics of War
Supplementary Read: Sacred Texts, Timeline
04/20 Place of Responsibility in Wars of Rights
04/27 No Class: Writing Day
05/04 Student Presentations I
05/11 Student Presentations II
05/22 Writing Submission Due by 11:59pm
Class ID: 9468041
Password: madness