Course Description

Instructor: George deMan

The course will survey the influence of tribal factions throughout history from religions to ideologies of politics. Discussions will include: diversity as a desirable evolution of societies, factions of reactionary entrenchment as reductive and inimical to progress, and how society and politics deal with these as challenges to status quo or progressive and desirable agendas. The course will follow a 1.5 hour seminar format with audience participation expected. The final session (and perhaps earlier) will cover various actual topics of concern which devolve in large measure from Identity Politics: a Universal Basic Income (U.B.I.) as mitigation of inequalities - - end Jerrymandering - - election cost reforms - educational reforms, etc.