
Katie Peterson
Associate Professor of English; Senior Fellow, Berkeley Institute
Thinking with Bad Feelings
Human life isn’t a safe space–and thankfully so. Bad feelings can lead to good thoughts, and losing one’s temper can be morally productive. This seminar will argue that human reactions like anger, hatred, envy, confusion, frust
Dates: Thursdays on 10.18, 10.25, 11.1, 11.8
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM
Reading schedule:
10/18: Homer, Iliad, Book One.
10/25: Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, pp. 5-11.
11/1: Virginia Woolf, pp. 48-59 (cont); James Wright, “Saint Judas” and “Son of Judas”.
11/8: James Baldwin, “Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare,” pp. 65-68.
All readings can be found in the course reader.
Location: 2134 Allston Way
**This seminar is free and open to all UC Berkeley, GTU, and St. Mary’s College students. For copies of the short readings, please contact director@events.org