Dr. Paul Rich: Silabus RI 486



  

Syllabus: RI 486 - Ritual, Religion and Politics: Issues in Regime Legitimacy and Rule by Rite.

SPRING TERM, 1999.

DR. PAUL RICH

TEACHING ASSISTANT: YASID RAMIREZ

Tues. 10 am RI seminar room

This syllabus is a contract between Dr. Rich and you as an honors student. You agree that all work you do will be your own, that you will not plagarize. You further agree that you will keep up with the readings so the class meeting will be discussions, the essence of graduate education, and not just repetition of material covered in the readings.. .Evaluation: There will be two in-term tests for 1 point each and an end of term test for 3 points, and an end of term paper for 5 points. Any doubts about evaluation will be resolved by reference to the term paper. The three tests may be take-home or in-class, as Dr.Rich announces. You must present your term paper topic for approval at the third class. Dr. Rich is freely available to students. He enjoys contact with students, does not bite, and would like to hav e you drop in on him for a talk about the course, your graduate plans, or anything else. You may visit his office anytime you wish without having an appointment. The teaching assistant is also available to answer questions. Think seriously about developing one of your papers for Dr. Rich into a thesis topic or conference paper.

RI438 is a survey of a vast field, where ceremony and ritual interface with debates about the clash of civilizations and the growth of Islam, to mention just a a few of the concerns. NB that a separate list of lectures is in an adjunct handout. Books, articles, disks, videos are on library reserve. Tell course assistant if you have any troubles in accessing matrials. As you already know, there are many attractive web sites that will add to your research papers and general appreciation of this period. Choice sites will be discussed.

 

I. An Introduction to the World of Ritual, Religion and Politics

Yosef Lapid, "Culture´s Ship: Returns and Departures in International Relations Theory", Yosef Lapid and Friedrich Kratochwil eds. ,The Return of Culture an Identity in IR Theory, Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London, 1997, 3-20.

Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Volunteerism and Democracy", Contemporary Philosophy, Vol.XVIII No.2&3, March-June 1966, 59-65.

Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Ritual in the Service of the State", Papers in International Studies, Hoover Institution — Stanford University, I-98-1.

Samuel Huntington, et al., The Clash of Civilizatons? The Debate, Foreign Affairs, New york, 1993. A title is to be read in its ENTIRETY unless page numbers are given.

Yury M. Lotman, "The Text within the Text", PMLA, Vol.109 No.3, May 1994, 377-384.

Michael Bérube, et al, "Four Views on the Place of the Personal in Scholarship", PMLA, Vol.III No.5, October 1996, 163-1079.

Paul Rich, "Researching Grandfather´s Secrets", Journal of American Culture, Vol.20 No.2, Summer 1997, 139-146.

Richard Cavendish, et al., Mythology, Macdonald, 1987, London, 8-12, 74-85, 144-156, 242-251.

Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Eric Voegelin and the Post Cold War Era", Papers in International Studies, Hoover Institution — Stanford University, I-98-2.

David I. Kertzer, "Ritual, Politics, and Power", Ronald L. Grimes, Readings in Ritual Studies, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River (New Jersey), 1996, 335-352.

"There is No Sin in Symbols", Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring (Maryland), c. 1996.

Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Mexican Caricature and the Politics of Popular Culture", Journal of Popular Culture, Vol.30 No.1, Summer 1996, 133-146.

Paul Rich, Elixir of Empire, 2nd. ed., Regency Press, London and New York, 1993, 101-113.

Paul Rich, Chains of Empire, Regency Press, London and New York, 1991, 13-53.

 

  1. The Range of Ritual Studies.

    2. Clifford Geertz, "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight", Grimes, 217-228.

    Albert Bergesen, "Political Witch-Hunt Rituals", Grimes, 48-61.

    Alice Kessler-Harris, Social History, American Historical Association, 1990.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Ritual in the Service of the State", Papers in International Studies, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, I-98-1.

    Glenn C. Getz, "Rhetoric and Ritual in the Arkansas Inaugural Address", Stephen A. Smith ed., Bill Clinton on Stump, State, and Stage, The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1994, 23-51.

    Dale A. Herbeck, "Presidential Debate as Political Ritual", Smith, 249-272.

    John J. MacAloon, "Olympic Games and the Theory of Spectacle in Modern Societies", Grimes, 378-392.

     

  2. National Identity and Ritual.

    3. Barbara Miller Lane, "National Romanticism in Modern German Architecture", Richard A. Etlin ed., Nationalism in the Visual Arts, National Galley of Art, Washington, 1991, 111-148.

    Kevin Sack., "The Final Refrains of ´Dixie´", Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 November 1998 20 ff.

    Robert Justin Goldstein, Burning the Flag, Kent State University Press, Kent (Ohio), 1996, 341-371.

    Robert Justin Goldstein, Saving "Old Glory", Westview Press, Boulder (Colordo), 1995, 1-46.

    Spiro Kostof, America by Design, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987, 205-276.

    Kwanzaaa. Video.

     

  3. Monarchy , Heraldry and Awards as Systems
    4.

    Ramón Sánchez Flores, Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Puebla, 3rd ed., H. Ayuntamiento, Puebla, 1995.

    Gale Eisenstadt, "Behind the Chrysanthemum Throne", The Atlantic Monthly, Vol.282 No.5, November 1998, 20-36.

    Honor and Glory. Forbidden City. British Military Pageantry. Videos.

    Salazar Monroy, Heraldica Civil y Religiosa del Estado de Puebla, Impresos Lopez, n.d.

    Paul Rich, "The Dictator´s Medals", The Medal Collector: Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Vol.47 No.9, November 1996, 15-19.

     

  4. Religion and Ritual
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    G. Hossein Razi, "Legitimacy, Religion, and Nationalism in the Mdidle East", Paul Rich ed. Readings in Middle East Studies, University of the Americs, 1993, 43-65.

    James A. Aho, Religious Mythology and the Art of War, Greenwood Press, Westport (Connecticut), 1981, 41-59.

    James Dowd, "The Faith of Warriors", paper given at the American Sociological Association, August 1996, New York.

    Paul Rich y Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Masonería y Opus Dei", Este Pais, enero 1996, 2-16.

    Working for the Lord. Religious Expression. Witches of Salem. Videos.

    Roy Rapaport, "The Obvious Aspects of Ritual", Grimes, 427-440.

    Patricia Plunkett and Gabriela Urunuela, "Appeasing the Volcano Gods", Archaeology, Vol.51 No.4, July/August 1998, 36-2.

    Emile Durkheim, "Ritual, Magic, and the Sacred", Grimes, 188-193, and Mircea Eliade, "Ritual and Myth", Grimes, 194-200. In same reserve envelope.

     

  5. Freemasonry.

    6. Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Freemasonry´s Educational Role", American Behavioral Scientist, Vol.40 No.7, June/July 1997, 957-967.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Reappraising Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Latin America", Heredom: The Transactions of The Scottish Rite Research Society, Vol.4, 1995, 241-268.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Mexican Freemsonry: The Devil´s Government", The Philalethes, Vol.XLVIII, December 1994, No.6, 140-141.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Mexican Freemsonry: The Mimetic Mentality", The Philalethes, Vol.XLVIII, February 1995, No.1, 14-18.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Mexican Grand Masters and Presidents", The Philalethes, Vol.XLVIII, April 1995, No.2, 34-39

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Freemasonry and the Dictator", The Philalethes, Vol.XLVIII, June 1995, No.3, 56-59.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Masonry and Political Legitimacy", The Philalethes, Vol.XLVIII, August 1995, No.4, 82-86.

    Paul Rich and Guillermo De Los Reyes, "Nineteenth Century Freemasonry in Mexico" and "Medals, Mexico and Machiavelli", The Hoover Institution Collection, July 1995, 22-35.

    James Stevens Curl, The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry, Overlook Press, Woodstock (New York), 1993, 17-26.

    Paul Rich, "Female Freemasons: Gender, Democracy and Fraternalism", Journal of American Culture, Vol.20. No.1, Spring 1997105-110.

    The Freemasons. The Man Who Would Be King. Cornerstone of Democracy. Videos.

     

  6. Derivative and Devisive Movements.

Enigma of the Swastika: Occult History of the Third Reich. Video.

David Holmes, "A Multivariate Technique for Authorship Attribution and its Application to the Analysis of Mormon Scripture and Related Texts", History and Computing, Vol.3 No.1, 1991.

The Klan. Video.

 

VIII. Summarizing Rule by Ritual.

Stanley Krippner, et al, , "New Myths for the New Millennium", The Futurist, March 1998, 30-34.

Catherine Bell, "Constructing Ritual", Grimes, 21-33.

Guillermo De Los Reyes and Paul Rich, "Ritual´s Rewards", International Review, Vol. VIII, Spring 1998, 75-86.

 

 

[Dr. Rich received his AB and EDM from Harvard cum laude and PhD from the University of Western Australia, where later he was research professor and member of the governing board. In 1981-1991 he was head of supervisory programs for the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Arab shakihdom of Qastar and an adviser to the Crown Prince. In addition to being titular professor at UDLA and member of the Mexican National System of Researchers, he is a fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His books include Chains of Empire, a study of British imperialism, and Invasions of the Gulf, a definitive account of colonialism in the Persian Gulf. His current research includes secret societies in Mexico, particularly the Freemasons.]



   
 

Last updated 02 Feb 1999 by Christian Steimel.