Today’s Plan:
- Books!
From the syllabus (edited):
Read an additional book on contemporary rhetorical theory and write up an academic book review. I will have a list of books by week
58. Book reviews will be dueafter Spring Break.You will design a class presentation and activity for week 13, 14, or 15 (note: these can be collaborative team projects).You will do an additional write-up paper (up to two single-spaced pages) to share with the class during weeks 13 or 14.
Here is a list of potential books:
- Jennifer Mercieca, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump
- Ryan Skinnel (ed), Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump
- Alphonso Lingis, The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common
- Ersula J. Ore, Lynching
- Paulo Friere, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
- Jenny Rice, Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence
- Bill Readings, University in Ruins [philosophy of difference, postmodern approaches to learning–focus on intro, and pages 150-193]
- Hannah Arendt, any book (I have read Origins of Totalitarianism, and am working my through The Human Condition this month. The Banality of Evil is on top of my reading list.
- Lyndsey Stonebridge, We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience
- Sara Hendron. What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World
- Asao B. Inoue. Antiracism for Teachers. A bunch of free books from WAC Clearinghouse.
If you would like to read another book on demagoguery, race, feminism/queer theory, human difference and ethics, or “politics” (in the sense that Arendt/Cavarero offer) that *isn’t* on this list, email me and include a link to the work (Amazon links are fine).
Note that you still qualify for an A- even if you do not complete this extra reading (and provided you have completed all other assignments).
