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West Coast American Leadership Academy Political Science 5 – Western Political Thought Spring 2016 / Fall 2016 – Power Point 4 Course Lecture Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance” Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” Seneca Falls. Sojourner Truth Progressive Movements Modern Methods Of Influencing Culture “Self Reliance” (1) 1. Emerson was an essayist, poet and popular lecturer. 2. “The American Scholar” lecture 1837 was an “intellectual Declaration of Independence” one person called it in its call for American to put the old world culture aside to explore our own American uniqueness. 3. Also, lectured on the “Over-soul” pantheistic idea. The “Self-Reliance” essay is call for individual nonconformist and cultivation of the individual. “Self Reliance” (2) Textual References: • What is the role of subjectivity? heart….genius….” = subjective introspection). (“private • What do great works of art teach us? (“to abide by our spontaneous impression”). • Interpret (“Accept the place divine Providence has found for you…. Great men have always done so…. transcendent destiny….” = Puritan theology? Place in history?). • Reflections on Locke or Paine? (“Society everywhere is in conspiracy…. conformity….”). • Who might be today’s Public Intellectual(s)? Progressive Movements (1) This is the famous march on Washington DC where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Many of you have watched just the speech in past classes or at home. What makes this video interesting is that it is not clipped. This was shown to the nation in its entirety. Enjoy the video. I Have A Dream Progressive Movements (2) Producer Richard D. Heffner of the NBC Sunday television program "The Open Mind" interviews King and former federal Judge J. Waties Waring, who wrote the sole dissenting decision against school segregation in Briggs v. Elliott. NAACP youth secretary Herbert Wright helped enlist King for this NBC Negro History Week program on "The New Negro." Heffner's first question followed a brief introduction of his two guests. The Open Mind “Walden” (1) • Emerson’s friend. Carpenter, mason, painter, surveyor sailor, gardener. • Went to Walden. “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” Father of the environmental movement. • Essay on civil disobedience, regarding the Mexican War. Both Gandhi and King read this essay. “If the law is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law….” “Walden” (2) Textual references: • Key quote? (“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”) • Old vs. the new? ( ref. Emerson…. “wore a path”) • Spartanism? (“to live deliberately”… “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”) • Rebellion against conformity & materialism. • Nature as an ideal. Definitions Abolitionist – A person who promotes abolition of a law or policy; especially, slavery or capital punishment. American abolitionist movement in the 19th century. See John Brown, abolitionist zealot. Background: Methodist secularization of religious ideas relates the concept of natural law of the Enlightenment to abolitionist goals. Sojourner – A person who takes up brief residence in a place, then moves on. Suffragette – A person who promotes suffrage. Suffrage is the right to vote; the franchise (privilege or right granted by a government). Propaganda “Meet King Joe” is a classic capitalist propaganda film from 1949 that tries to convince American workers of their good fortune. At the time of production, American business was the best in the world resulting from the worldwide devastation following World War II. Capitalism stresses the necessity for capitalists to remain in pursuit of everincreasing levels of efficiency and innovation that in turn will allow continuous societal progression. How does this propaganda cartoon contrast with “Walden?” Meet King Joe Propaganda & Commercialism Private business utilizes propaganda to market products and services through various methods. Television remains the best method of content distribution even though the Internet continues to claim greater market share. This is the famous Pepsi commercial starring Britney Spears and Senator Bob Dole. Though the commercial is selling “Pepsi” one may notice the patriotic symbolism tying the “company” with the United States. The first airing of this commercial was in March 2001. Britney Spears & Bob Dole Pepsi Commercial 2001