Author: Kati

Code of course: BBN-FIL-201.01/d BMA-FILD-201.01/d
Title of course: “John Stuart Mill, On Liberty” Reading Seminar
Title of course in English: “John Stuart Mill, On Liberty” Reading Seminar

THE FIRST CLASS OF THE COURSE WILL BE HELD
ON THE WEEK OF 1 APRIL, 2019

Lecturer: Kanygina Yuliya
Office hour, consultation (e-mail of the lecturer): kanygina.yuliya@gmail.com

Course description: This is a block seminar dedicated to a close reading of John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty.” Twice a week we will engage in the sustained interpretation of approximately 10 pages-long passages of text.

General aim of the course: In this seminar you will improve the skills required for understanding a philosophical text in English. You will also get acquainted with a foundational text of political philosophy.

Course evaluation:
(1) All students are expected to attend all classes and are strongly encouraged to be active in class. Ask questions and try to answer the questions posed by others.
(2) Every student will be asked to make one presentation based on an assigned passage of the text.

Required reading: John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” in The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1963–91). Specific readings (around 10 pages long portions of the book) will be assigned prior to each class depending on in-class progress.

Suggested further reading: