The following texts are required and should be purchased at the campus bookstore. Those marked with an * can be found in the CIE Course Reader, which should also be purchased at the campus bookstore.
Summer Readings
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. New York: Anchor Books, 2017.
- Plato. “Allegory of the Cave.” The Republic of Plato. Allan Bloom, translator. New York: Basic Books, 1968. (from Book VII. 514a-521d).*
Fall Reading List
- Analects of Confucius. Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy. 2 nd ed. Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan Van Norden, editors. Indianapolis: Hacket, 2001.* [In the course reader]
- Coates, T. Between the World and Me. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
- Darwin, Charles, On the Origin of Species.* [In the course reader]
- Deloria, Jr., Vine. God Is Red. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2003.* [In the course reader]
- Arisophanes, Lysistrata [edition TBA, please check back late spring 2023 before purchasing]
- Genesis. Robert Alter, translator. New York: Norton, 1996.
- Plato and Aristophanes. Four Texts on Socrates. Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West, translators. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
- Sappho. Sappho: a New Translation. Mary Barnard, translator. Berkeley: University of
- Roughgarden, Joan. Evolution’s Rainbow. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. * [In the course reader]
- The film: Persepolis. Dirs. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnoud. Sony Classics Pictures, 2007. Film.
- Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5, 6, 7) and The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25- 37) * [In the course reader]