CVSP 206 Final, Spring 2004

C5206 FRR — ° CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE FINAL WRITTEN INTERPRETATION EXERCISE C.s{{0, 202, 206 UD. 604 Samira Khoury ' . . OPEN BOOKS - OPEN NOTES - OPEN MINDS ~ 1 toe ee od PRO-MEMORIA: Your papers will be graded in terms of five major considerations: 1. RELEVANCE: Your ability to define or limit the issues under discussion (neither TOO MUCH nor T© LITTLE: sticking to the point; focussing on the point). . - N COHERANCE: Your ability to select, organize, argue or analyze the issues logically, relatedly, systematically. 3... ADEQUACY: Your ability to present the point of view of the text fairly, forcefully, empatheticallv, showing a command of the material and an appreciation of the major elements and characteristic "spirit" of the text. 4. CRITICAL EVALUATION: Your ability to apply the vision or views of the text, to compare with other views you have considered, and to measure the views agaifist your own experience and refléction upon the issues presented. oy VERBAL EXPRESSION: Your ability to use language at the . service of your thoughts. I cannot grade what you have in mind, unless you express it clearly. BEST OF LUCK FOR ALL YOUR FINALSP_.. Civilization Sequence 206 Final Written Interpretation Exercise June 2, 2004 Samira Khoury OPEN BOOKS-OPEN NOTES-OPEN MINDS (TIME ONE & HALF HOURS) ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS: "WHAT CONSTITUTES THE ALIENATION OF LABOUR?" (Marx, Early Writings) . Answer the above question briefly and comparatively from the point of view of both Marx and Adam Smith. Do not forget to emphasize the reasons of this alienation and its consequences. . Your answer may take the form of a debate if you like. . Conclude and state your OWN opinion. OR Il. "THE GREAT AFFAIR, WE ALWAYS FIND, IS TO GET MONEY." (Adam Smith, p. 3) . Analyze the above quotation within its context, with particular reference to its significance within the overall framework of the "Wealth of Nations". . Respond to the whole argument from the point of view of the manifesto of the communist party. 3. Conclude with a brief comment on the situation in your OWN society. OR EQUILIBRIUM (?) “THE TEARS OF THE WORLD ARE A CONSTANT QUANTITY. FOR EACH ONE WHO BEGINS TO WEEP? SOMEWHERE ELSE ANOTHER STOPS. THE SAMEIS TRUE OF THE LAUGH.” (Beckett, p. 33) 1, Analyze critically the above quotation within the general framework of “Waiting for Godot". Elaborate clearly the concept of man it illustrates, his relationship to his society and the world. . Compare critically with : "...such was life: with a hand it gives, with the other it takes." (Saleh, p. 5), by specifying clearly the similarities and the differences relevant to modern man's self-understanding and his concept of his world. 3. Conclude and state your OWN opinion. Ww MOWONONITN A asa ce on Pre ONTENA Oren ase of the UNSEEN,” 1. __ Analyze the above quotaion within the context of Kant's epistemology, stating briefly his arguments for or against this pre-socratic philosopher's (=Anaxagoras) quotation. What are Kant's conclusions and their consequences on our knowledge? 2. React to the above quotation from the standpoint of Descartes OR Bacon OR A. Smith, OR Freud. 3. Evaluate comparatively and state your OWN opinion. OR IV. Indicative Titles? 1, Select any three (3) texts and show how the title relates to the main thesis of the text. 2. Which is the most "indicative" title in your opinion ? Why? GOOD LUCK!