POLS2102

This course is scheduled to run in semester one 2010 (contact the lecturer for confirmation). The 2009 program is below and the course guide can be downloaded from the left menu bar.

Preliminary Reading: If you want (i.e. it is not compulsory) to do some preliminary reading start with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Co-Op has these books and there are plenty of second hand copies floating about.

The Lecture Program is as follows (tutorials follow the lectures by 1 week):
Week 1: The Evolution of Deception
Week 2: Plato and Machiavelli’s Republics
Week 3: The Truth about Nietzsche
Week 4: Strauss and the American Culture Wars
Week 5: The Culture Wars and Political Deception in Australia
Week 6: No Lectures or Tutorials
Week 7: Language, Lying and the Politics of Fear
Week 8: The All-Consuming Market
Week 9: Everyday Resistance and Deception
Week 10: The Truth
Week 11: Truth, Corruption and the University
Week 12: Course Summary. Tutorial Program for Week 12 will be advised.
Week 13: Examination Preparation. No Lectures or Tutorials.

Course Lecturer
Kim Huynh
Email: Kim.Huynh@anu.edu.au
Phone: 612 50590
Room: Haydon-Allen 2155