Del Mar Great Books
Del Mar Great Books Reading and Discussion Group meets monthly at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Del Mar Highlands shopping center at the corner of Del Mar Heights Road and El Camino Real. We use the Reading and Discussion plan published by the Great Books Foundation and have been meeting since 1990. The group alternates its readings between the traditional five year series published by the Foundation and the new 50th Anniversary series.
The date of our monthly meeting varies depending on the length of the next reading and is determined collectively at the end of the discussion, which runs from 6:45 p.m - 8:45 p.m.(Note: this is a new time) on a Friday evening.
We welcome new members.
SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS
January 9, 2009: MOLIERE: The Misanthrope 4th series, v. 1
February 13, 2009: SLAVERY: Cato the Elder: How to Keep a Slave COTW, p. 9 Seneca the Younger: Letter XLVII COTW, p. 21 Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation COTW, p. 97 Arnold & Frost: Slavery on the Henequen Plantation of Yucatan COTW, p.111
March 6, 2009 GIBBON; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4th series, v.1
April 3, 2009: HOLOCAUST: Klemperer: I Will Bear Witness COTW, p. 135 Levi: Survival in Auschwitz COTW, p. 165 Frankel: The War and the Law COTW, p. 249
May 8, 2009: MILL: Utilitarianism 4th Series, v.2
June 5, 2009: TOTALITARIANISM: O. Mandelstam: The Stalin Epigram COTW, p. 127 N. Mandelstam: The Arrest of Osip Mandelstam COTW, p. 130 Wong: Safeguard Your Lives COTW, p. 257 Jiang: Red Scarf Girl COTW, p. 271
July 10, 2009: Declaration of Independence COTW, p. 67 Locke: Second Treatise of Government COTW, p. 53 Rousseau: The Social Contract COTW, p. 61
August 2007: No Meeting
September , 2009: RHYS: Wide Sargasso Sea(Complete work)
October , 2009: RESISTANCE: Gandhi: Independence v. Swaraj COTW, p. 117 Miller: Gandhi’s Followers Protest the Salt Tax COTW, p. 122 Jingsheng: Letter to Deng Xiaoping COTW, p. 211 Appian of Alexandra: Hortensia’s Protest COTW, p. 15
November 2009: SHAW: Caesar and Cleopatra 4th Series, v.2
December 2009: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Aguilar: Defending Freedom & Freedom of Speech COTW, p. 171 Valenzuela: The Censors COTW, p. 221 Havel, et al: A Few Remarks COTW, p. 235
Books Used: Great Books 4th Series, ($28.95 for a three volume set),
Citizens of the Word: Readings in Human Rights(ADU-CIT) ($25.95, also available used at bn.com),
Books (with the exceptions of the novels) can be ordered at www.greatbooks.org or by calling (800) 222-5870
Another Great Books Reading and Discussion Group also meets at the Downtown San Diego Public Library on Saturdays from 2-4 p.m. For more information, contact: RPurves@cox.net or check out their web page Go To This URL
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