One Book, One Campus 2010-2011 |
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Thank you to everyone who voted for the 2010-2011 One Book, One Campus title. The winner is: The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.
photo reprinted with permission from Haymarket Books This is the first One Book, One Campus winner suggested by a student. Written in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is a work that has not only influenced scholarship, but also history. While we do not live in a communist society predicted by Marx, his ideas shaped international relations in the twentieth century, U.S. labor policy, and remain a guiding force in literary criticism. One of the most influential works of the past two centuries, it is also a work that is frequently misunderstood. Reading The Communist Manifesto and taking part in campus events related to it will allow for a better understanding of a significant work that can be discussed in a variety of courses. A key thing to stress is the importance of meaningful, critical, discussion of the work throughout the year. The goal of One Book, One Campus is to encourage critical thought and discussion among students, faculty, and staff through literature. Specifically, through the reading and discussion of a new work each academic year, we aim to increase the IU South Bend community’s capacity for open-mindedness and the pursuit of new ideas. The student who nominated the work, Jacob Jones described the Manifesto, and our goals for One Book, One Campus when he noted: “[i]t is important to understand that having a campus book is not an endorsement of an idea, merely the understanding of one.” |
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