Like the summary, the student is expected to state the thesis of the author and to describe the means and methods used to support such an argument. These explications should be given extemporaneously and must not be read. Reports on related readings will be made during the course of the discussion. The reports, like the explications of the common readings, will be limited to ten minutes and delivered extemporaneously. Students will be assigned specific reports for most, but perhaps not all, class meetings.
All students are responsible for knowledge of material presented as special reports.
The Science of Freedom , pp. A Study in Self Awareness , pp. Joel Schwartz, The Sexual Politics of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Joan McDonald, Rousseau and the French Revolution , pp. J.L. Talmon, The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy , pp.