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Course Catalog 2008-2009 
    
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FYSP 176 - Utopian Thought


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4SS, WRi

This first-year seminar will read and discuss several works of utopian and dystopian (‘negative utopian’) literature. Emphasis is on utopian thought more than actual utopian communities. The reading list will include some of the following: Plato, More, Fourier, Morris, Gilman, Bellamy, Skinner, Huxley, LeGuin, and Callenbach. Critical thinking will be encouraged through discussion of assigned texts, with frequent writing assignments. Enrollment Limit: 14.
Instructor: H. Wilson



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