LA 2004 Disciplining the Soul

 

Week 1
Plato

Reading
Plato (Edited by John M. Cooper) (1997) Complete Works Cambridge: Hackett (Alcibiades, On Virtue, Gorgias, The Republic)

Wider Reading
Al-Farabi, (2001) Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, N.Y.: Cornell University Press
Connelly, P. (1997) The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome, USA: Oxford University Press
Jaeger, W. (1986) Paideia Vol. II, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Plato (1999) The Republic, London: Everyman
Plato (1953) The Dialogues Oxford: Clarenden Press
Popper, C. (1966) The Open Society and its Enemies London: Routledge  
Rose, G. (1995) Love’s Work,  London: Chatto and Windus
Rose, G. (1997) Mourning Becomes the Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Week 2
Aristotle

Reading
Barnes, J. (1984) (Editor) The Complete Works of Aristotle Vol. I Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press (On the Soul; Nicomachean Ethics, Books 2 and 6)

Wider Reading
Al-Farabi, (2001) Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, N.Y.: Cornell University Press
Aristotle, (1905) Aristotle’s Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Barnes, J. (1984) (Editor) The Complete Works of Aristotle Vol. I and Vol II, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Barnes, J. (1995) The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, Cambridge University Press
Dunne, J. (1993) Back to the Rough Ground, London: University of Notre Dame Press
Meyer, S. (2011) Aristotle on Moral Responsibility: character and cause, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Price, A. W. (2011) Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Week 3
Augustine

Reading
Augustine, (1993) On Free Choice of the Will, Cambridge: Hackett Publishing
Augustine, (2003) The City of God, London: Penguin
Augustine, (2002) Confessions, Mineola, N. Y.: Dover Publications       

Wider Reading
Augustine, (1955) Confessions, London: SCM Press
Augustine (1948) Basic Writings New York: Random House
Caranfa, A. (2004) Silence and Spiritual Exercise in Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Claudel, Literature and Theology, Vol. 18 No. 2 June 2004 pp 187-210
Cary, P. (2000) Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Copleston, F. (1950) A History of Philosophy – Vol. 2: Medieval Philosophy: Augustine to Scotus, London: Burns Oates and Washbourne
Harrison, S. (2006) Augustine’s Way into the Will, Oxford University Press
Harnack, A. (1901) Monasticism: its ideals and history; and, the Confessions, London: Williams and Norgate
McGrade, A. S. (2003) The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Puolimatka, T. (2005) Augustine and Education in Critical Thinking, Journal of Beliefs and Values, pp191-200

Week 4
Ignatius of Loyola

Reading
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1996) Personal Writings, London: Penguin
Sklar, P. A. (2001) St. Ignatius of Loyola: In Gods Service, New Jersey: Paulist Press International

Wider Reading
Barry, W. A. (1991) Finding God In All Things: Companion to the Spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius.  USA: Ava Maria Press
Donnelly J.P. (2003) Ignatius of Loyola: Founder of the Jesuits, New York: Longman
Grosche, P. (2000) Paideia: philosophy educating humanity through spirituality, International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2000
Backhouse, R. (Ed.) (1992) The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola, Seven Oakes: Hodder and Stoughton
Lambert, W. (2005) The Sevenfold Yes: Affirming the Goodness of our deepest Desires Ignatian Impulse, USA: Ava Maria Press
Modras, R. (2004) Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic spirituality for the 21st Century, Chicago: Loyola University Press
Ignatius of Loyola, (1996) Personal Writings, London: Penguin
Sklar, P. A. (2001) St. Ignatius of Loyola: In Gods Service, New Jersey: Paulist Press International
Thompson, F. (1913) Saint Ignatius Loyola, London: Burns and Oates

Week 5
Kierkegaard

Reading
Buber, M. (1999) Eclipse of God, New York: Humanity Books
Kierkegaard, S. (1983) Fear and Trembling, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press

Wider Reading
Buber, M. (1999) Eclipse of God, New York: Humanity Books
Croxhall, T. H. (1956) Kierkegaard Commentary, London: Nisbet & Co Ltd.
Kierkegaard, S. (1958) Edifying Discourses: a selection, London: Collins
Kierkegaard, S. (1983) Fear and Trembling, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press
Kierkegaard, S. (1990) For Self-Examination: Judge for yourself, Princeton: New Jersey
Taylor, M. (2000) Journeys to Selfhood, New York: Fordham University Press
Ree, J. and Chamberlain, J. (Eds) (1998) Kierkegaard: A critical Reader,Oxford: Blackwell

Week 6
Al-Farabi

Reading
Al-Farabi, A. (1985) On the Perfect State, Chicago: Great Books of the Islamic World
Al-Farabi, (2001) The Political Writings “Selected Aphorisms” and Other Texts, New York: Cornell University Press
Fakhy, M. (2002) Al-Farabi, Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism, Oxford: One World Publications

Wider Reading
Al-Farabi, (2001) The Political Writings “selected aphorisms” and other texts, London: Cornell University Press
Al-Farabi, (2001) Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, N.Y.: Cornell University Press
Fakhry, M. (2002) Al-Farabi: Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism: his life, works and influence, Oxford: One World
Leaman, O. (1999) A Brief Introduction to Islamic Philosophy, Oxford: Polity
Leaman, O. (2002) An Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Netton, I. (1999) Al-Farabi and his School, Richmond: Curzon

Week 7
Al-Ghazali

Reading
Al-Ghazali, (2000) Path to Sufism, Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae
Al-Ghazali, (2012) On Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires, Cambridge: The Islamic Text Society
Al- Jawzi (2011) Disciplining the Soul, Birmingham: Dar as-Sunnah Publishers

Wider Reading
Al-Ghazali, (1983) Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship, Leicester: Islamic Foundations
Al-Ghazali, (2000) Path to Sufism, Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae
Al-Ghazali, (2005) Letter to a Disciple, Cambridge: Islamic Text Society
Al Ghazali, (2012) On Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires, Cambridge: The Islamic Text Society
Al- Jawzi (2011) Disciplining the Soul, Birmingham: Dar as-Sunnah Publishers

Week 8
Rosenzweig

Reading
Rosenzweig, F. (1998) God, Man and the World, New York: Syracuse University Press

Wider Reading
Fackenheim, E. (1996) Jewish Philosophy and the Academy, London: Associated University Press
Rosenzweig, F. (1965) On Jewish learning, New York: Schocken
Rosenzweig, F. (1985) The Star of Redemption, London: Notre Dame Press
Rosenzweig, F. (1999) Franz Rosenzweig’s “The New Thinking”, New York: Syracuse University Press
Rosenzweig, F. (1998) Franz Rosenzweig: his life and thought, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing
Rosenzweig, F. (1999) Understanding the Sick and the Healthy, London: Harvard University Press

Week 9
Buber

Reading
Buber, M. (1976) Israel and the World, New York: Syracuse
Buber, M. (1986) I and Thou, New York: Scribner
Hodes, A. (1971) Martin Buber, An Intimate Portrait by Aubrey Hodes, New York: The Viking Press

Wider Reading
Buber, M. (1976) Israel and the World, New York: Syracuse
Buber, M. (1986) I and Thou, New York: Scribner
Buber, M. (1999) Eclipse of God, New York: Humanity Books
Buber, M. (2002) Between Man and Man, London: Routledge
Hodes, A. (1971) Martin Buber, An Intimate Portrait by Aubrey Hodes, New York: The Viking Press

Week 10:
Foucault

Reading
Foucault, M. (1970) The Order of Things, London: Routledge
Foucault, M. (1977) Discipline and Punish, London: Penguin
Foucault, M. (1980) Power/Knowledge, London: Harvester
Foucault, M. (1970) The Order of Things, London: Routledge
Foucault, M. (1986) The Care of the Self, The History of Sexuality Volume 3, New York: Random House
Foucault, M. (1998) The Will to Knowledge, The History of Sexuality: 1 London: Penguin

Wider Reading
Foucault, M. (1970) The Order of Things, London: Routledge
Foucault, M. (1977) Discipline and Punish, London: Penguin
Foucault, M. (1980) Power/Knowledge, London: Harvester
Rainbow ,(1984) The Foucault Reader, New York: Pantheon Books
Foucault, M. (1988) Technologies of the Self, London: Tavistock
Simon, B. (1991) Education and the Social Order 1940-1990, London: Lawrence and Wishart

Week 11
Agamben

Reading
Agamben, G. (1998) Homo Sacer, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Agamben, G. (1999) Potentialities, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Calarco, M and Decaroli, S. (Eds) (2007) On Agamben: Sovereignty and Life, Stanford: Stanford University Press

Wider Reading
Agamben, G. (1998) Homo Sacer, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Agamben, G. (1999) Potentialities, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Agamben, G. (2002) Remnants of Auschwitz, New York: Zone Books
Agamben, G. (2005) The State of Exception, Chicago: Chicago Univerisity Press
Agamben, G. (2007) The Coming Community, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Calarco, M and Decaroli, S. (Eds) (2007) On Agamben: Sovereignty and Life, Stanford: Stanford University Press
Chare, N. (2006) The Gap in Context Giorgio Agamben’s Remnants of Auschwitz, Cultural Critique 64 Fall 2006
Norris, G. (2005) Politics, Metaphysics and Death, Essays on Georgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer, Durham: Duke University Press

Week 12
Disciplined souls? Concluding thoughts