PART 1
Read Jamelle Bouie’s article “The Enlightenment’s Dark Side.” Then answer the following questions:
1. What is Bouie’s argument? (Remember to look for the claim– a position that someone could reasonably disagree with.)
2. Use Paul Cuffe’s petition as an example to either SUPPORT or DISAGREE with Bouie’s argument.
Write two paragraphs.
PART 2
Read “The Communist Manifesto” and answer these questions:
What does “the Communist Manifesto” say the bourgeoise has done? Give two examples from the text, and explain them. Write one paragraph.
How can the proletariat challenge the bourgeoisie, according to “the Communist Manifesto”? Give one example from the text. Explain.
What do the Communists want? Give one example from the text, and explain.
PART 3
Read “Imagined Communities” and answer these questions:
Benedict Anderson defines what “the nation” is, and he writes a paragraph for each part of the definition:
Imagined
Imagined as limited
Imagined as sovereign
Imagined as a community
Please summarize each part of this definition in a few sentences for each part.