Rethinking Citizenship (PHRV 3136) Fordham University, Spring 2008 Professor: E-mail: Samir Haddad sahaddad@fordham.

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Description: In this seminar we will reflect on the concept of citizenship, paying particular attention to the way contemporary conditions of diversity and difference have led to its reformulation. We will begin with an examination of the communitarian account of citizenship given by Michael Walzer. We will then investigate more explicitly the challenge that multiethnicity and multiculturalism pose to citizenship, first looking at the debate in France over the wearing of the Muslim veil in public schools, and then at the liberal theory of multicultural citizenship developed by Will Kymlicka. Finally we will discuss citizenship beyond the nationstate by discussing various theories of cosmopolitanism, with a particular focus on the work of Seyla Benhabib. Texts: Available at Fordham University Bookstore. Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Oxford University Press, 1996. Seyla Benhabib, Another Cosmopolitanism, Oxford University Press, 2006. All other readings will be available on electronic reserve. Assessment: 8 argument summary papers Participation 1 short paper 1 long paper 1 presentation Final exam Schedule: Wk 1 Tues Fri Jan 15 Introduction and mechanics 18 J. G. A. Pocock, The ideal of citizenship since classical times 16% (2% each) 14% 15% 30% 10% 15%

Communitarian Citizenship 2 Tues Fri 3 Tues Fri 4 Tues Fri 5 Tues 22 25 29 John Rawls, Justice as fairness: Political not metaphysical Michael Walzer What does it mean to be an American? Michael Walzer Pluralism: A political perspective

Feb 1 Michael Walzer, Membership 5 8 12 Joseph Carens, Aliens and citizens: the case for open borders Bonnie Honig, The foreigner as citizen Iris Marion Young, Polity and group difference: A critique of the ideal of universal citizenship

Multicultural Citizenship Fri 6 Tues Fri 7 Tues Fri 8 Tues Fri 9 Tues 15 19 22 26 29 Joan W. Scott, Symptomatic politics: The banning of Islamic head scarves in French public schools No class Patrick Weil, Lifting the veil Short Paper Due Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Chs 1-2 pp. 1-33 Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Chs 3-4 pp.34-74

Mar 4 Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Ch 5 pp.75-106 7 11 Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Chs 6-7 pp. 107-151 Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, Chs 8-10 pp.152-195 Mid-semester and Easter break

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Cosmopolitan Citizenship 10 Tues Fri 11 Tues 25 28 Universal declaration of human rights Hannah Arendt, The perplexities of the rights of man Immanuel Kant, Toward perpetual peace, 2nd and 3rd Definitive Articles Jacques Derrida, On cosmopolitanism, Rights, Justice, Hospitality

Apr 1 Martha Nussbaum, Patriotism and cosmopolitanism Martha Nussbaum, Human functioning and social justice, pp. 202-205, 214-223 4 8 11 15 William Connolly, Eccentric flows and cosmopolitan culture Seyla Benhabib, Another Cosmopolitanism, pp.13-44 Seyla Benhabib, Another Cosmopolitanism, pp. 45-80 Bonnie Honig, Another cosmopolitanism? Law and politics in the new Europe, in Another Cosmopolitanism, pp. 102-127 Also read Benhabibs reply, pp. 155-165 Will Kymlicka, Liberal nationalism and cosmopolitan justice, in Another Cosmopolitanism, pp. 128-144 Also read Benhabibs reply, pp. 165-177 Presentations Long Paper due Presentations Presentations Final exam due (date to be determined)

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