change and humanity slide show. lecture 1

CHANGE: GOING FORWARD BY LOOKING BACKWARD

GEORGE SANTAYANA “THOSE WHO CANNOT

REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT

IT.”

IT IS THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN

HELP EACH OTHER TO STABILIZE THE RESULT OF A

WORLD TURNED TURBULENT.

CHAOS: WHEN WHAT HAPPENS IS NOT WHAT

WE HAVE PREDICTED

“MAKES US BEAR THOSE ILLS WE HAVE RATHER THAN FLY OFF T\O

OTHERS WE KNOW NOT OF.” RG III.

RESTORATION STELLA: : “THE LAND WAS TOPSY-TURVY AND THE

GODS TURNED THEIR BACKS UPON THIS LAND.”

EMILE DURKHEIM: ANOMIE DESCRIBES A LACK OF

SOCIAL NORMS OR "NORMLESSNESS".

LEARNED HELPLESSNESS: THE SCREAM BY EDVARD

MUNCH (1863-1944)

THOMAS LUCCHESE (DECEMBER 1, 1899 – JULY 13,

1967). KOSHER CHICKEN AND THE MAFIA

JEWISH CHICKEN FARM, MONMOUTH NEW JERSEY

1930’S

THE TOP 20TH CENTURY KILLERS

(a) Stalin was responsible for the deaths of between 20 and 60 million

people.

(b) Pol Pot caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the

Cambodian population, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a

population of slightly over 8 million) .

(c) Mao is reputed to have killed somewhere between 78 million and 140

million people.

(d) Hitler is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews and 11 million

people total.

ADOLPH EICHMANN:

EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM

HANNAH ARENDT

IMMANUEL KANT

OSKAR SCHINDLER

SCHINDLER AND THE JEWS; UNTOLD STORY

THE HUGUENOTS AND LE CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON