INITIAL QUESTIONS

<<for September 1^st and September 6^th>>

Please come prepared to class with some notes on these topics

<notes that you can share with students>

 

Part one: <for Th Sept 1^st>

            what makes people (= us) ‘unique’?

            what makes people ‘different’ from one another?

            what makes people ‘the same’?

--how can we assess (“measure”) ‘differences’?

            ---differences between ‘people’?

            ---differences between ‘cultures’?

            ---differences between the ‘genders’?

What role can ‘language’ play in answering these questions?

<<think particularly of ‘categories’ that our language seems to deliver>>

 

Part two: <for Tu Sept 6^th>

            what is IDENTITY ???

            what is “the” SELF??? <sense of self>

--more specifically, how could we address issues such as:

            ---gender/sexual identity?

            ---adolescent identity?

            ---masculine identity?

What role can ‘language’ play in coming to grips with these issues?

 

·        What do I expect (hope) to LEARN in this course?

 

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