Word: friedrich
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...veils and her dances, and in a spirit perfectly suggested by the jewel stuck in her navel, she treated an earnest audience to a performance of Strauss's shocker that came straight from the libido. For its new Salome under the sophisticated hand of Director Götz Friedrich, 32, the Komische Oper signaled its intentions by tacking up a "No One Under 18 Admitted" sign at the box office. With Czech Soprano Jarmila Rudolfova as Salome, Friedrich had a tiger to inspire him and he made the most of it; after researching such questions as the typical nighttime...
...Friedrich also announced that he would teach Gov 1b next year, replacing William Y. Elliott, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History, who is retiring. Robert G. McCloskey and other members of the Department will teach the fall term of Gov 1. Both McCloskey and Friedrich lectured in the course last fall...
There will be a change of approach in Gov 1b next year, Friedrich said. Presently, the course deals with political theory from an historical approach; Friedrich will place more emphasis on an understanding of the idealized concepts of political theory, such as "liberty" or "authority," and less on studies of philosophers' writings. The course will examine only major political philosophers rather than the many theorists who are now studied...
This change will make Gov 1b "less an abbreviated introduction to Government 106 and more a course in its own right," Friedrich said. By requiring a student to consider the ideal concepts, "we may force him to think, which is what we are trying to do at Harvard...
...Friedrich also said that the Department may offer freshman seminars in political theory next year. A typical seminar would examine the thought of a key philosopher such as Rousseau. Friedrich may give one of the seminars...