Africana Political Philosophy 1800s-1970
PHIL 281
Spring 2022 not offered
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This course aims to introduce students to both the critical and the constructive dimensions of Africana political thought. Through our readings and discussions, we will assess the claims that Africana thinkers have made upon the polity, how they have defined themselves, and how they have sought to redefine the basic terms of public life away from either slavery or colonization. Among the themes that we will explore are the relationship between slavery and democracy, the role of historical memory in political life, the political significance of culture, the connections between "race" and "nation," and the tensions between claims for black autonomy and claims for integration, as well as the meaning of such core political concepts as citizenship, freedom, equality, progress, power, and justice. As we focus our attention on these issues, we will be mindful of the complex ways in which the concept of race has been constructed and deployed throughout historical periods and its interrelationship with other elements of identity such as gender, sexuality, class, and religion. Furthermore, we will attend to differences across black geographies from the Americas to the Caribbean, and parts of Africa. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PHIL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (PHIL)(PHIL-Philosophy)(PHIL-Social Jus) |
Major Readings:
Maria Stewart, Address Delivered at the Masonic Lodge, Boston (1833) and Why Ye Sit Here and Die?
Martin Delany, The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored Peoples of the United States, Politically Considered
Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? and My Bondage and My Freedom
Marcus Garvey, Selected Speeches and Writings
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, On Lynchings
W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk and Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace (1945)
Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address
Du Bois, Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace (1945)
Claudia Jones, We Seek Full Equality for Women and Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment
C. L. R. James, The Revolutionary Answer to the Negro Problem in the U.S. The Making of the Caribbean People, Dialectical Materialism and the Fate of Humanity
Ralph Ellison, What America would Be Like Without Blacks and Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael) and Charles Hamilton, Black Power: Its Need and Substance
Amilcar Cabral, Resistance and Decolonization
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism
Léopold Senghor, On African Socialism
Steve Biko, I Write What I Like
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