Government 369 - Seminar: New Worlds in African American Political Thought

Sem:African Amer Political Th

Spring
2024
01
4.00
Erin R. Pineda

M 1:40 PM - 4:20 PM

Smith College
GOV-369-01-202403
Sabin-Reed 224
epineda@smith.edu
African American political thought developed in response to the world-destroying and world-constructing forces of colonialism and racial slavery. Across three centuries, thinkers have worked to reconfigure the core projects of Western modernity to account for what has often been ignored: race-making and racial violence, as well as struggles to construct a new politics free from domination. Though this course focuses primarily on US thinkers, the course also explores the tradition’s global contours--examining how Black political thinkers responded to political dynamics within as well as beyond the United States and envisioned forms of liberation that required building new worlds. Prerequisite: coursework in political theory or coursework in the history of political thought. Enrollment limited to 12. Juniors and seniors only. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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