Wye Seminars at the Aspen Institute
The Presidents’ Seminar on Global Values and Leadership
July 21-23, 2007
Seminar Readings
Friday, July 21, 8:30 p.m.
- The Declaration of Independence
Saturday, July 22, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Islam: The Five Pillars of Faith in the Qur’an
- Bernard Lewis, “The Revolt of Islam,” The New Yorker, November 19, 2001
- Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, selections from Chapters 3 & 9
- Edward W. Said, “The Clash of Ignorance,” The Nation, October 22, 2001
- Salman Rushdie, “Yes, This Is About Islam,” The New York Times, November 2, 2001
- Fareed Zakaria, “Occupational Hazards,” The New York Times Book Review, October 30, 2005
- Lawrence B. Wilkerson, “The White House Cabal,” Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2005
Saturday, July 22, 4:00– 6:00 p.m.
- Thucydides: “The Melian Conference”
Sunday, July 23, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- “The Ring of Gyges” from The Republic of Plato
- John Adams, “On Self-Delusion” in The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams, selection
- Milton Friedman, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits,” New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970
- World Bank, “Globalization, Growth and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy” (2002), summary
- Fareed Zakaria, “Culture Is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew,” in Foreign Affairs, March/April 1994
- Vaclav Havel, “In Our Postmodern World, a Search for Self-Transcendence”
- Mary Midgley, Heart and Mind, Chapter 5, “Trying Out One’s New Sword”
- President Bill Clinton, “Address at Yale University's 300th Birthday Celebration,” October 6, 2001, excerpt
- Seamus Heaney, “From the Republic of Conscience”
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