"The SEARCH program has existed at Rhodes College, in one form or another, since 1946. This chronologically oriented, three-semester "Great Books" interdisciplinary humanities sequence introduces students to the Western (and some non-Western) canon and prepares them for the academic rigor of college courses. It aims to develop students' critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, and provide a common experience that builds intellectual community across campus (about forty percent of incoming freshmen usually enroll)."
"While readings come from many disciplines in the humanities, philosophy and a philosophically-informed hermeneutic is crucial to this task. Aided by a grant from the Teagle Foundation, SEARCH is developing a contrapuntal model for our syllabi, putting core texts in dialogue with transformative contemporary works. Pairing canonical texts with contemporary classics strives to give voice to those marginalized or excluded from the so-called "great conversation" of European Enlightenment tradition."
"She continues with her plan, knowing full well that the punishment is death, since she believes that her duty to her brother (funeral rites being extremely important in ancient Greek culture) overrides her duty to follow the law. Similarly, King distinguishes between a just and an unjust law. Writing in the context of the Civil Rights movement, he argues that merely following the law may be insufficient-circumstances sometimes require us to break unjust laws through civil disobedience."
The SEARCH program at Rhodes College is a three-semester Great Books humanities sequence established in 1946. It introduces students to Western and some non-Western canonical works and prepares them for college academic rigor. The sequence develops critical reading, writing, and thinking skills and builds an intellectual community, with about forty percent of incoming freshmen enrolling. Philosophy and a philosophically informed hermeneutic undergird the curriculum. A Teagle Foundation grant funds a contrapuntal syllabus model that pairs canonical texts with transformative contemporary works to amplify voices marginalized by the European Enlightenment canon. An example pairs Sophocles' Antigone with Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail to examine legality, morality, and civil disobedience.
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