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I hope you enjoy the course, and hope it is of value to you in your life right now, and of lasting value in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Part 1: Themes from the Ancient Levant, 450 BCE\u20131945<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/dispute-between-a-man-and-his-ba\/\">Dispute between a Man and His Ba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%AA\/\">\u05e7\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05ea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/\u1f20\u03b8\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70-\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\/\">\u1f28\u03b8\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70 \u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/%e1%bc%90%ce%b3%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%af%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%bf%ce%bd-%e1%bc%90%cf%80%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85\/\">\u1f18\u03b3\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f18\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03c4\u03ae\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/parerga-und-paralipomena-von-arthur-schopenhauer-selections\/\">Parerga und Paralipomena, von Arthur Schopenhauer (Selections)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/selections-from-friedrich-nietzsche\/\">Selections from Friedrich Nietzsche<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/\u8449\u96a0-\u5c71\u672c\u5e38\u671d\/\">\u300e\u8449\u96a0\u300f, \u5c71\u672c\u5e38\u671d (Selections)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Part 2: Critiques<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/pierotti-and-wildcat-traditional-ecological-knowledge-the-third-alternative\/\">Pierotti and Wildcat, &#8220;Traditional Ecological Knowledge: The Third Alternative&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/virginia-held-birth-and-death\/\">Virginia Held, &#8220;Birth and Death&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/nishitani-keiji-the-self-overcoming-of-nihilism-selections\/\">Nishitani Keiji, &#8220;The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism&#8221; (Selections)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/james-cone-legacies-of-the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree\/\">James Cone, &#8220;The Cross and the Lynching Tree&#8221; (Selections)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Part 3: Reconsideration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/repenser-apres-la-grande-guerre\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/repenser-apres-la-grande-guerre\/\">Repenser apr\u00e8s la Grande Guerre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/repenser-apres-la-deuxieme-guerre-mondiale\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/repenser-apres-la-deuxieme-guerre-mondiale\/\">Repenser apr\u00e8s la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dwittkow\/final-reflective-writing-assignment\/\">Final Reflection Assignment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I designed this course during the pandemic to use work from our field to help students to work through the distinctive problems of our moment in history. 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