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课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/reconstructing-americas-story
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课程名称：重构美国的故事 课程概述：美国长期以来将自己定义为一个源于对暴政反抗的国家，其创立原则为自由和平等。然而，深入考察历史记录，我们会发现标准的美国故事存在问题——我们如何能成为一个建立在自由和平等基础上的国家，而我们的开国元勋却在创立文件中嵌入了不平等的原则？ 在宪法法学专家科尔曼·鲁斯福的指导下，本课程邀请学生批判性地审视美国的叙事。 课程大纲： 1. **国家故事** 该模块介绍了美国的国家叙事及其复杂的历史背景。我们将考察美国建国的“标准故事”及美国宣扬的理想与历史中奴隶制和歧视实践的复杂矛盾。 2. **独立宣言的哲学** 此模块考查独立宣言的政治哲学，讨论奴隶制与革命之间的关系，并描述开国元勋宪法的性质和目的。 3. **重新讲述标准故事** 本模块将美国历史视为对团结和平等的持续探索。同时也探讨独立宣言对美国宪法历史的影响。 4. **理想的来源** 该模块探讨了独立宣言在反奴隶制活动者心中的现代解读，以及这些理想如何进入宪法。 5. **塑造美国的战争** 本模块考察导致南北战争的冲突性质，以及南北战争如何从团结的战争转变为自由的战争。探索双方意识形态的联系与开国理论的缺乏联系。 6. **重建与救赎** 该模块考查重建修正案对宪法的改变。还讨论了针对重建政府的政变现象，以及如何将重建和救赎的历史框架塑造成促进白人团结的叙事。 7. **斗争仍在继续** 该模块探讨为何标准故事在创造真实的美国人团结方面适得其反，以及开国理念与重建之间的持续斗争。最后，分析更好的叙事如何为未来打开一条新道路。
Name:National Stories
Description:This introductory module examines America's national narrative and the complex historical context from which our narrative was born. We will examine the "standard story" of America's founding and the complex contradictions between America's declared ideals and the reality of our historical practices of slavery and discrimination.
Name:The Philosophy of the Declaration
Description:This module examines the political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence, discussing the relationship between slavery and the Revolution, and describes the nature and purpose of the Founders’ Constitution.
Name:Retelling the Standard Story
Description:This module examines American history as the consistent search for unity and equality. It also covers the impact of the Declaration of Independence on American constitutional history.
Name:The Source of Our Ideals
Description:This module examines the modern reading of the Declaration to antislavery activists and why those ideals entered the Constitution.
Name:The War That Made America
Description:This module examines the nature of the conflict that precipitated the Civil War, and describes how the Civil War changed from a war for unity to a war for freedom. It also explores the connections, or lack thereof, between the ideologies of the two sides and the political theory of Founding America.
Name:Reconstruction and Redemption
Description:This module examines the changes made to the Constitution by the Reconstruction Amendments. It also covers Redemption, the coup against the Reconstruction governments, and how the history of Reconstruction and Redemption was framed to promote white unity.
Name:How the Struggle Continues
Description:This module examines why the standard story is counterproductive in terms of creating real unity among Americans and seeing the continuing struggle between the ideologies of the Founding and Reconstruction. Finally, it looks to explain how a better story can open a path forward.
America has long defined itself as a country born out of a rebellion against tyranny with freedom and equality as its founding principles. But a closer examination of the historical record reveals problems with the standard American story – how can we be a country built on freedom and equality when our Founding Fathers embedded inequality in our founding documents? Guided by the expertise of constitutional law scholar Kermit Roosevelt, this course invites students to critically examine the nar
