Assignment for Thursday, Oct. 19, and Friday, Oct. 20

In Approaching Great Ideas, read (and annotate) Cornel West, "The Deep Democratic Tradition in America" (pp. 111-117) and Fareed Zakaria, "Illiberal Democracy" (pp. 120-125). Again, pay attention to the stylistic elements in these essays. You will not respond to a prompt in class, but we will discuss these essays in comparison to Dahl's writing style and argument. In addition, we will spend a good part of class viewing Man on Wire.