Proposal

My proposal for my "class" up at the community center.

I would like to put forward a request that I would be able to run a weekly class on any one weeknight for about six weeks or longer during 2009. Each class will focus on various aspects of political philosophy in what I hope will be a threefold manner.

1) An interactive lecture on a political aspect or issue of my choosing. (see the First Six)

2) Responses/rebuttal from individual class members, with their points of view.

3) A discussion of recent events (And coffee etc.)


The First Six

Session One: The Paradigm
As an introduction to myself and everyone else in the group, I plan on exploring the left/right paradigm and where we all sit on our own little spectrum. However the point of the lecture will be to challenge that paradigm by looking at how much of it is based on word association and group pigeonholing. I hope to end the session having made mention of distractionary politics and how to combat it. (The stimulus for the session will be my own piece, Archetypes in Stereo.)

Session Two: The Failures of Logic

Following on from The Paradigm, I will be putting forward ideas based on "Big Picture Logic" in an argument against various policies from around the world, not pertaining to any set ideological grouping. However by the end of the lecture I do intend to have put forth examples of ideological failures that relate to logic.

Session Three: The Argument for Anarchy

A different type of lecture, where I will put forward a partially tongue and cheek argument for anarchism. Overall, this will be an attempt to explain how personal and economic freedom are interlinked.

Session Four: The Austrian

An introduction to The Austrian School of Economics, and economic freedom.

Session Five: The Smaller Picture

How do we stay free? How to get through the "Global Economic Crisis" on your own.

Session Six: The Revolution

The final session about how we can change the things that really matter and what personally would like to be doing.

With these sessions I hope to provide knowledge and information to members of the local community, and improve substantive awareness of politics in the wider world. I will endeavor to make the classes entertaining (I have a very dark sense of humor, and can make all kinds of horrible things funny.)

As for costing, this will depend on the center's policy and how many people come, but I would like to make a little cash out of this, or at least cover my expenses to a degree.