From Romanus Pontifex (1454) to Black Lives Matter: Race and the Formation of the Modern World
HIST 241
Spring 2022 not offered
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This course investigates the belief system of race from its emergence in the 15th century in the wake of European expansion into Africa and the Americas to contemporary dynamics both in the Americas and globally. Rather than viewing this phenomenon in the liberal humanist terms of race relations or more recently of diversity and multiculturalism, or as merely a function ostensibly more fundamental issues (e.g. class), this course proposes to analyze race not only as a central mechanism instituting Western societies, but also as one form of how humans have organized and reproduced their social orders. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
Major Readings:
Miriam Eliav et al, THE ORIGINS OF RACISM IN THE WEST
Benjamin Madley, AN AMERICAN GENOCIDE: THE UNITED STATES AND THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN CATASTROPHE, 1846-1873
Toni Morrison, THE BLUEST EYE
Naomi Murakawa, THE FIRST CIVIL RIGHT: HOW LIBERALS BUILT PRISON AMERICA
Sukhadeo Thorat and Umakant, CASTE RACE AND DISCRIMINATION: DISCOURSES IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Robert Vitalis, WHITE WORLD ORDER, BLACK POWER POLITICS: THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short essays, midterm and final exam, final essay |
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