This may not be what you are looking for, but I've had good luck generating discussions at various levels with the Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrick Ibsen's play "An Enemy of the People". It's a short read too.
On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Traci Giuliano wrote: > I'm about to teach in an interdisciplinary honors program in which I > meet with a group of 10 students from different majors over the course > of 3 years (their sophomore, junior, and senior years) to--among other > goals--have broad-based discussions that enable students to learn > about the world while making connections among the various academic > disciplines. As a social psychologist, my seminar has "understanding > human behavior" as its underlying framework, although I'm interested > in expanding my own horizons as well. Given the presidential election, > I'm particularly interested in books that might be politically > relevant somehow, but I'm open to any good, general books that > Tipsters think might make for a nice intro to my seminar as a "summer > reading" text. > > Thanks in advance!! > -- > > > \\|||// > ( o o ) > -------------o00-(_)-00o------------------ > > Traci A. Giuliano > Professor of Psychology > Southwestern University > Georgetown, TX 78627 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (512) 863-1596;fax (512) 863-1846 > http://www.southwestern.edu/~giuliant > > -------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and it is quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran up the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
